Step 1. Open Alexa and head to Routines First things first, you’ll want to open the Alexa app on your smartphone or tablet. If you tap on the ‘More’ tab in the bottom right of your screen, you’ll find ...

How to reset a Sonos Era 100 or Era 300 Unplug the Era speaker. Press and hold the Bluetooth button and at the same time, plug it back in. Keep your finger on that Bluetooth button until you see the ...

Budget smart home ecosystem is an great mainstream alternative Smart Life isn’t a range of specific products, but a shared control system for devices from multiple vendors. Admittedly, this makes ...

Amazon also offers music, podcasts and radio in the Routines mix too – so your scenarios are only really limited by your imagination. Routines have also been made easier to create in recent years. You ...

How to play YouTube Music on Sonos We’ve covered how to stream YouTube videos from your connected device to your Sonos a little further down, but first, we’re going to cover the steps required to add ...

If you have one of the Echo Show devices however, or perhaps the Echo Hub or the Echo Spot, you can also change the time on the Echo device itself. Below you will find the detailed steps of how to ...

The U200 is also a native Matter smart home device, using Matter-over-Thread, to connect to any Matter controller, such as an Amazon Echo smart speaker, Apple TV or a Homey Pro; you don’t actually ...

Connecting to Amazon Alexa Your first port of call is the Trådfri app on your phone. Go to the settings page via the cog icon in the top right-hand corner, then choose Integrations. Pick Amazon Alexa ...

Paul Lamkin Founder of the site and former chief, Paul is a smart home enthusiast who has more voice assistants in his house than people. Paul launched Wareable in 2014, after working for a variety of ...

Give your Echo speaker a factory reset with this handy guide If things go wrong, you may need to reset your Amazon Echo speaker to get things back on track. Giving Alexa a factory reset shouldn’t ...

To soften the blow, Google says it’ll be emailing eligible users with discounts for a newer model. In the US, customers can get $130 off the fourth-gen Nest Learning Thermostat, which normally sells ...