Local News Protect your personal information this holiday season ROANOKE, Va. – The latest tech gadgets make great gifts this holiday season. But reports of Ring doorbell cameras and other smart devices getting hacked have scared families everywhere. 10 News talked with a local expert who says there are a […]
So you want to build an entry-level smart home and you don’t want it to cost a fortune. Good news: that’s totally possible. The first thing you want to do is decide whether you want to have an Apple, Amazon or Google smart home — Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant? […]
Google Assistant is the youngest digital assistant of the top three, launched in 2016. Because of this late start, Google Assistant had the advantage of learning a great deal from its predecessors. Like Alexa, Google Assistant is compatible with a wide range of products, yet, like Siri, it offers a […]
A year ago, we asked some of the most prominent smart home device makers if they have given customer data to governments. The results were mixed. The big three smart home device makers — Amazon, Facebook and Google (which includes Nest) — all disclosed in their transparency reports if and […]
This story is part of Holiday Gift Guide 2019, your source for the season’s best gifts and deals, hand-picked by the experts at CNET. The smart home category received a lot of scrutiny this year, rightly, for the data gathering practices of its many players, with Amazon and Google at […]
After nearly a decade of fits and starts, the integrated smart home may finally be ready for prime time. And this time it might not be a new speaker that’ll enable smarter homes — it might be your TV box. As Verizon (NYSE:VZ), AT&T (NYSE:T), T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS), and Sprint (NYSE:S) […]
Last week, Resideo Technologies announced several important smart home solutions and tools designed to augment the capabilities of its vast professional network, at a polished event at Austin’s Moody Theater for nearly a thousand industry professionals and company partners. CEO Mike Nefkens and Chief Innovative Officer Niccolo de Masi spent an […]
In fact, most of the smart home devices you connect to your router have almost no security at all, which means it’s important to take steps to secure your home network as a whole. Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to strengthen your security. Use Encryption on […]
The 7-inch Google Nest Hub is a great device to either begin or expand a Google Home smart home setup, especially while you can still get it at a discount. Tyler Lizenby/CNET Getting started with your first Google Home or Nest Home smart speaker is kind of like biting into that […]
This holiday season, a lot of smart home devices will be given as gifts. If you get a Wi-Fi indoor or outdoor camera, a video doorbell, a smart speaker with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant, a smart lock, smart lighting or one of the myriad other devices, you may be […]