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Netatmo Weather Station Now Works With Alexa

The Netatmo Weather Station can now accurately tell users the ambient temperature, rain level and wind speed using the Alexa voice assistant...

Crestron Focuses On Amazon Voice And Native Sonos Control At ISE 2017

As expected, Crestron’s prominent ISE booth was largely dedicated to the commercial sector, although the manufacturer still had a few exciting residential announcements and demos for visitors...

Caavo Is A Universal Remote To Replace All Others

Caavo uses voice control, HDMI switching and unique web hooks to completely change the universal remote marketplace...

Control4 Dealer and Distributor of the Year Awards

Control4 Names Its Top International Dealers and Distributors

The full list of Control4's Dealer and Distributor of the Year Awards winners have been announced...

Amazon Echo, Google Home Could Gain Calling Functionality

Both Amazon and Google are reportedly working on adding voice calling functionality to their smart speakers, which could eventually replace the landline...

ELAN HDMI Video Distribution Solution ISE

ELAN Re-enters Residential Video Distribution Space With HDMI Video Distribution Solutions For Custom Installers

ELAN has re-entered the residential video distribution space after a six-year hiatus...

Nest Cam Update Brings Entrance Awareness, Better Notifications

The Nest Cam is receiving an update that could put it on par with professional security cameras, thanks to its automatic detection of entryways and better notif...

Avant Homes To Install Hive Active Heating In All New-Build Homes

Avant Homes is the first national housebuilder to partner with British Gas to install the Hive Active Heating technology in every home it builds...

Google Assistant Begins Controlling UK Smart Homes Through Pixel

The Google Assistant can now control smart homes in the UK, thanks to a new update rolling out to the smart AI on the Google Pixel smartphone...

Alexa Voice Service and Echosim.io Launches In UK

Alexa Voice Service and Echosim.io Launch In UK, Allowing Manufacturers To Build Alexa Into Any Product

Using Alexa Voice Service, manufacturers can build Alexa’s intelligent voice control into any product with an Internet connection, a microphone and a speaker, for free, and with no experience with natural language understanding or speech recognition required...