Alexa

I waited years for Google’s answer to Alexa—here’s why it still falls short

I waited years for Google’s answer to Alexa—here’s why it still falls short

Jorge A. Aguilar July 22, 2026

Stop trusting Google's smart home ecosystem, here's why Alexa is the safer bet.

I set up local voice control in Home Assistant and stopped giving Amazon a live mic in my house

I set up local voice control in Home Assistant and stopped giving Amazon a live mic in my house

Adam Davidson July 12, 2026

Alexa, play Good Riddance.

A $30 used Kindle is a better smart home dashboard than an Amazon Echo Show

A $30 used Kindle is a better smart home dashboard than an Amazon Echo Show

Adam Davidson July 10, 2026

A Kindle can be a Show stopper.

5 things to ask before buying any Amazon, Google, or other smart speaker

5 things to ask before buying any Amazon, Google, or other smart speaker

Tim Brookes July 4, 2026

Don't waste your money.

Your smart home is quietly leaking your data—here’s what it’s giving away

Your smart home is quietly leaking your data—here’s what it’s giving away

Adam Davidson July 2, 2026

Your gadgets have been keeping receipts.

I don’t trust Amazon Echo speakers anymore, so I turned mine into a Bluetooth speaker with no cloud connection

I don’t trust Amazon Echo speakers anymore, so I turned mine into a Bluetooth speaker with no cloud connection

Adam Davidson June 29, 2026

Alexa, you can go home now.

My Echo Show was contacting Amazon’s advertising service 105 times in two hours—I finally ditched it

My Echo Show was contacting Amazon’s advertising service 105 times in two hours—I finally ditched it

Adam Davidson June 28, 2026

I ran a Pi-hole on my home network and it convinced me to unplug my Amazon Echo...

The Eero bundle that fixed my Wi-Fi just hit its lowest-ever price for Prime Day

The Eero bundle that fixed my Wi-Fi just hit its lowest-ever price for Prime Day

Andrew Heinzman June 23, 2026

It's a limited-time deal, so act fast.

Amazon is testing Alexa+ in India with Hindi support

Amazon is testing Alexa+ in India with Hindi support

Ivan Mehta June 22, 2026

Amazon is planning to increase the footprint of its new conversational AI assistant Alexa+ to India and...

I built a bedside AI assistant that reads me the news without touching the cloud

I built a bedside AI assistant that reads me the news without touching the cloud

Adam Davidson June 21, 2026

Local news from a local LLM.

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