You can use Alexa commands to play music, check the weather, order food, and even turn on your living room lights.

In the weekly “What’s New With Alexa” email newsletter, Alexa owners can opt to receive an update of all the cool, useful, and sometimes irrelevant, ways that Alexa is growing up, so to speak. This ...

Deploying smart home technology is one of the more appealing promises of voice control systems like Alexa. It’s tempting (and maybe inevitable) to fall down a rabbit hole of complexity when you’re ...

Need help keeping track of upcoming appointments or how long that load of laundry has left? Just ask Alexa or open up the app for customized alerts. Lance is an experienced writer who tries to unravel ...

The Amazon Smart Plug is a device that you plug into existing outlets in your home to control your electronics remotely using an app or your voice.