Alexa can prompt you to water plants, check the mailbox, or even take the laundry out when you enter the relevant room.

Spooky Halloween Sounds will play a continuous loop of unsettling noises until you tell Alexa to stop. Just say, "Alexa, start Spooky Halloween Sounds" to get started. Spooky Sounds plays 50 minutes ...

The Echo Dot Max is one of Amazon’s most robust and best-sounding smart speakers yet, though plenty of folks will be served just as well by cheaper options.

Amazon's new Alexa Plus has a number of new and improved features including smart home upgrades and a more natural, interactive chat experience but one change was just too much for the child of an exp ...

When Amazon recruited longtime Microsoft product chief Panos Panay in 2023 to run its devices division, his new colleagues thought the e-commerce giant was preparing to take its consumer gadget line ...

Update, October 29 2025, 12:37PM ET: This review was updated after Amazon clarified how the tap controls for play/pause are ...

Amazon Alexa is already a solid smart assistant, but a few clever tweaks and lesser-known features can take your experience to the next level. Here's how to make the most of it.

With both Ring and Nest recently releasing some of the most advanced home security devices available, it's time to pit the brands against each other.

The new data protection law is expected to have better monitoring and more teeth over all forms of access to your data. In ...

The 2025 Echo Studio is a more attractive, fully capable smart speaker that sounds even a bit better than the original Studio ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Amazon made the Smart Dimmer Switch available for pre-order.This switch is battery-powered with four ...