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With Christmas and the holidays looming, you might well find yourself called upon to provide some free tech support to your family. Maybe it's a tradition, or maybe it'll be the first time. After all, these are usually the occasions where 12 months' worth of tech problems and concerns get aired. At this point, you probably shouldn't travel if you can avoid it, so here are some tips you can offer from afar. These tips represent simple and straightforward security advice that you can pass on to your loved ones, even if it has to be over Zoom. What's more, following...

SMART SPEAKERS LIKE Google Home come with a litany of pre-set commands that can play music, control smart home gadgets, or set reminders. However, with a little tweaking, you can create your own custom commands that can do several things at once. If you don't already have a smart speaker or smart display, we've reviewed the best smart speakers with Google Home here. Why You Would Want to Use Routines While smart gadgets can be useful for a lot of things—there’s nothing quite like the convenience of turning off your bedroom light from under the covers—they’re often persnickety, requiring very specific voice commands to work...

Don’t you want to talk less and smile more? That’s Amazon’s vision for your home. According to the company who literally invented the smart home voice assistant, talking to them is just a temporary stage. Soon, they’ll “just know” what we want and do it for us, automatically. To prove this theory, the consumer technology giant showed off a slew of new gadgets at its annual hardware event last week, including a security drone for your home, an Echo speaker that moves, and significant advances in the artificial intelligence capabilities of Alexa...(read more) article written by www.sciencefocus.com

How to start or expand your smart home in 2020 - should you use a company or do it yourself? What kind of devices should you get for your smart home? We answer these questions and more! Smart Home categories covered: smart speakers, smart displays, media control devices, smart lights, smart climate control, smart home security and smart home appliances and accessories.

Many users met the pairing issue and offline issue while using SONOFF products. Before fixing such issues, we should understand the meanings when SONOFF product was “talking” to us. This article will explain all kinds of LED status light blinking way which indicate the different status of the device. Once the status of the device is identified, the issues can be fixed in effective approach. SONOFF defined 6 device status for most of smart WiFi products. Read more...