Standalone voice assistants have proven to be largely unprofitable, yet its hard to picture a home without them.

Connectivity Standards Alliance unveils the Matter 1.0 standard and certification program for smart home wireless connectivity.

Hisense will pay customers $100 if they keep a 65-inch-and-over Google TV for more than 100 days, or they can return it for their money back.

ADT revenues driven to $1.6B for quarter. Nearly half of all installations had Google Nest device as upsell attachment.

ADT to now install broad slate of Google Nest products, including doorbells, cameras, thermostats, speakers and displays.

ADT reports first quarter revenues of rose 18% to $1.5 billion. Company installs 60,000 Google Nest video doorbells.