The Voice Mate H1 is triggered by being picked up and lets you command it with natural language. The company is also launching its first outdoor camera, with support for HomeKit Secure Video. The ...

How AI and machine learning can be used to personalize smart-home devices. How to design voice control for convenience and usability. Technical issues to evaluate when planning the development of ...

To achieve a smart home, you need a voice assistant to run it. A smart home assistant, usually folded into a smart speaker, ...

Voice-controlled devices are more popular than ever, but there are some surprises among them. Here are some gadgets you may ...

A selection of Emerson Smart devices with offline voice control. (Amy Skorheim for Engadget) Perhaps you like the idea of controlling your home appliances with your voice, but aren’t super keen on a ...

Walmart has a hit on its hands with its version of Google’s TV Streamer and now it looks like it’s about to follow that up ...

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant has been around for over a decade now. But over the past few years, it’s felt like Amazon was neglecting its digital assistant. In my own home, I found it buggier and ...

New smart neon signs offer mobile control, voice integration, and energy-saving automation for businesses and events.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Building a smart home from scratch is expensive because you need to buy several gadgets and accessories that are not cheap. But once you have ...

Smart speakers are spies but local LLMs solve the problem without sacrificing convenience.

Recent advances in AI-powered voice control are changing how people interact with smart homes, with local large language models (LLMs) enabling faster, more private, and more capable assistants. Home ...