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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...

Bang & Olufsen Add Crestron, Control4 and Savant Support To BeoLink SmartHome

Bang & Olufsen is officially opening up its BeoLink SmartHome to other automation systems commonly installed by custom integrators...

Control4 Alexa Skill Now Available In UK, Without The Clunkiness

Control4 is the first custom installed home automation system to launch an Alexa skill in the UK; it's available immediately...

Control4 Looks To Light Up ISE With BakPak Expansion

Control4 will be highlighting two major announcements ahead of the show with additions to it BakPak remote monitoring capabilities, plus a new introduction to its lighting line up with a new square dual load wireless dimmer, switch and keypad...

Sorry Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant: People Just Aren’t That Into You

Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant will struggle to keep the attention of consumers, as fresh data suggests current retention rates are low...

D-Tools And Domotz Partner To Launch Speedy Network Management Set-Up For D-Tools Users

The initiative is intended to streamline the process of setting up a new network for remote management with the Domotz PRO platform...

Domotz Reveals European Distribution Plans Ahead Of ISE 2017

Domotz is getting its first raft of distributors in Europe, with Invision UK officially confirmed as the company’s UK distributor...

Integrator Weighs Up The Pros And Cons Of Amazon Alexa As Failure Rates Climb

This successful installer warns integrators of some of the issues that come with installing Amazon Alexa...

Crestron To Unveil Crestron Studio v1.6 At ISE 2017, Dealers React

The complete refresh of Crestron Studio (v1.6) has been built with the aim of eliminating issues associated with home automation programming. Crestron highlights its four key benefits...