Smart speakers and their respective personal assistants like Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant are a convenient way to stream your favorite music, control your smart home gadgets and ask nearly any ...

You’ve just noticed a great price on an Amazon Echo Dot or Google Home Mini smart speaker. Should you buy one? The prices are intended to make them impulse purchases, because both Amazon and Google ...

In the gadget-world, it’s cliché to compare something to The Jetsons. But when it comes to a cheap little box that you talk to and that answers your questions and that controls your entire home, the ...

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Amazon and Google respectively announced new iterations of their Dot and Mini speakers. The Amazon Echo Dot with Clock and the Google Nest Mini are two solid options for those who want to integrate a ...

In 2016, Google showed off its first smart speaker, the Google Home. A year later, its puck-size sibling the Google Home Mini arrived. Small but mighty, this speaker came with all the smarts of Google ...

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With smart home devices flooding the market, it can be difficult to choose what to go with, let alone the smart home device with the best ecosystem (e.g. what brand, such as Amazon or Google, can ...

Google shipped 2.3 million Home Mini units during the second quarter, capturing 20 percent of the market, according to Strategy Analytics. Amazon's Echo Dot nabbed 18 percent with 2.2 million units ...

You’ve probably noticed them springing up on your friends’, coworkers’ and even your aunts’ countertops. With seemingly everyone investing in an affordable smart home speaker, the question has ...

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It can’t hang with more expensive speakers, but it can hang on the wall It can’t hang with more expensive speakers, but it can hang on the wall is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He ...