How to set up motion-triggered smart lights as an Alexa routine 1. Choose your devices It's important to choose devices that will work with Alexa's routines. Routines are little mini-programs that control how smart devices behave. Motion sensor: As a motion sensor, I chose the H...
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates' home just outside of Seattle, Wash., might be the most famous smart home to date. Everyone in the home is pinned with an electronic tracking chip. As you move through the rooms, lights come on ahead of you and fade behind you. Your favorite songs will fol...
However, there are workarounds to connect Alexa to hotel WiFi. Some hotels offer a separate network specifically for IoT devices, which may not require captive portal authentication. Alternatively, you can try connecting Alexa to your smartphone’s hotspot and then connecting your smartphone to the...
1. Connect your computer to the router via wired or WiFi connection and enter your router LAN IP or router URL http://www.asusrouter.com to the WEB GUI. Note: Please refer to How to enter the router setting page(Web GUI) to learn more. 2. Key in your router's username and passwor...
Today’s digital world gives new meaning to the phrase, “the walls have ears.” And as more warnings about the dangers of smart speakers and the risks of virtual assistants come to light, the question is:Is Alexa spying on me, and how does it impact my privacy?
Alexa is a virtual assistant developed by Amazon that is powering smart speakers, such as Alexa Echo, to help you control your gadgets with voice commands. By installing different Amazon Alexa skills, you can ask the smart speaker to play music, send messages, shop online, turn lights on and...
Voice assistants enable you to control your Samsung Smart TVs through voice commands. ** Please note that the voice assistant feature requires an internet connection and an Amazon account to function properly. Also, some features may not be available depending on the model of your Samsung...
lighthas to do with voltage drop.Voltage dropis the gradual loss of voltage of energy in DC circuits as it flows through the strips of light, meaning you cannot install an infinite run of lights, and that you may get a loss of brightness at the end of a long run of DC input LED ...
IoT systems (like Siri and Amazon Alexa) can make consumers' lives easier by giving them the power to control smart devices in the physical world using IoT applications on mobile devices, voice-controlled speakers, or other tools. An effective IoT system can use connected devices to automatically...
IoT systems (like Siri and Amazon Alexa) can make consumers' lives easier by giving them the power to control smart devices in the physical world using IoT applications on mobile devices, voice-controlled speakers, or other tools. An effective IoT system can use connected devices to automatically...