How to control Google Home without your voice. Did you know the top of Google Home is a giant touchpad? Well, it is, and it's pretty useful.
How to control Google Home without your voice. Did you know the top of Google Home is a giant touchpad? Well, it is, and it's pretty useful.
Voice control comes to the forefront of the smart home. Forget about your phone or tablet -- these voice-control products let you control your home via verbal command.
Siri speaks louder than Google to most voice-control users. Both Apple and Google's voice-control technologies get high satisfaction ratings from half or more users, but Siri has an adoption edge ...
Control a smart lock with your voice: Good idea or bad idea? You can now control your August Smart Lock with Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant. Is it safe?
Alexa, Siri, let's talk: Adding voice control to the CNET Smart Home. We put Siri, Alexa, Google Now and Cortana to the test to see which best fit our needs for voice control of our connected tech ...
Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET Trying to figure out how to adjust your Nest thermostat, turn on your Phillips Hue lights, or control your SmartThings device using Google Home ($99 at Walmart)?
How to use Google Voice with two-step authentication. There's one important detail you have to know should you want to use your Google Voice number with a two-step authentication service.
Turn an old MagicJack into a Google Voice accessory. Thanks to a clever Windows utility called GVJack App, you can make unlimited free calls (for now, anyway).
However, making Wi-Fi or data calls is a feature that has yet to make it to the app. That's where Android apps like Talkatone, GrooVeIP, and Phone for Google Voice and GTalk come into play.
How to port your landline number to Google Voice. If you want to ditch your home service but keep your number, you can park it at Google for a one-time fee.
The cheapest Alexa device is the Echo Dot ($50), and if you own a Sonos speaker, adding one to enable full-fledged voice control is almost a no-brainer. While owners of the One are handheld ...
The Good Unified Computer Intelligence Corporation's Ubi integrates easily with Belkin WeMo products, SmartThings, Nest, Ecobee and more so you can automate your home hands-free.. The Bad Even ...
Hands on: Google Voice versus 3jam We took two rival virtual phone number services for a spin. After dozens of calls, text messages, and voicemails, here's what we think about them both.
The Google Voice extension for Google Chrome adds a button to the toolbar, which displays the number of unread messages in your Google Voice inbox. It also
Insteon Hub. We found a lot to like with Insteon's comprehensive, fee-free network of home automation devices when we reviewed the system last year, but we thought that the veteran smart home ...
Insteon calls on Cortana to control the smart home. A promised update to Insteon's Windows Phone app will introduce voice controls for smart-home devices.
The iBoss Home Parental Control Wireless-N router offers the most comprehensive tool to manage access to the Internet. Beyond that, it's a rather simple router that requires an annual subscription ...
Lack of Google Voice app for Windows Phone isn't just inconvenient. Google has yet to release an official Google Voice app for Windows Phone. That leaves Google Voice users stuck without support ...
40 Google Home apps for a better home with more pizza. Play games, order pizza, start your car, get Bitcoin prices and more with only your voice.
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