Lenovo’s Smart Assistant Is Alexa with Better Audio
Lenovo enters the smart home market with an Amazon Echo clone that uses Alexa voice services, as well as the wireless Smart Storage hard drive.
Jan 25, 2017
Listen Up! Josh.ai Is Not Just Voice Control; Changes Its Pricing Structure
Josh.ai alters pricing structure for its whole-house control system to permit 25% down with 5-year monthly software license fee. Plug-and-play system is not just add-on voice control.
Jan 17, 2017
12 Smart-Home Predictions for 2017: VR, Voice, Sound, Homekit, More
How will we see virtual reality, voice control, Apple HomeKit, video steaming and immersive sound evolve in the next year? 12 home-tech pros, some dealers and some manufacturers, offer predictions for 2017.
Dec 23, 2016
Alexa, Rack ‘Em Up: Inside an Amazon Echo Voice-Controlled Game Room
Liberty Games shows the innovative ways you can use Amazon Echo, like hooking up a pool table, Jukebox, arcade machine and pinball machine with voice control via Alexa.
Dec 20, 2016
Zuckerberg’s Home AI: Will Facebook be the Next Home Automation Giant?
Mark Zuckerberg builds 'Jarvis' home-automation system, using Crestron as base, plus Facebook platforms like Messenger and facial recognition, with artificial intelligence (AI) thrown in.
Dec 20, 2016
I’ve Seen the Future of Home Automation and it Starts with Google Now
AI is here: Google Assistant voice-control, coupled with Google Now, mixed with oodles of analytics, is a revelation for this smart-home reporter.