Sentences with phrase «cnet smart»

There was one unexpected casualty with the switch, though: Hue's integration with the voice - activated Amazon Echo smart speaker, which we already had up and running here at the CNET Smart Home.

It gets annoying fast (something we've learned first hand at the CNET Smart Home, where the virtual voice assistant Alexa reigns supreme).

I tested this out in the CNET Smart Home by enabling the Nest Cam skill in the Alexa app, then asking Alexa to show me the video feed from the CNET Smart Apartment 20 miles across town.

I wanted to cast a wide net, as I could use the CNET Smart Home to evaluate the many similar - looking options.

I grouped my Kitchen and my Living Room into the Downstairs Zone, and all of that into the CNET Smart Home.

At any rate, we'll look forward to testing the Echo Dot out in the CNET Smart Home, where the Amazon Echo already plays a central role.

We'll look forward to testing and reviewing each product in the CNET Smart Home — for now, you can check out our Haiku Home product gallery for a closer look at all of them.

We've had good results in the CNET Smart Home with the Belkin WeMo Light Switch and with Lutron Caseta switches, though the soon - to - be-released iDevices Light Switch might be worth waiting for, since it adds dimming capabilities, multiswitch support and the option of syncing up with Alexa.

Expect us to wire one in at the CNET Smart Home for tests and a full review in the coming weeks.

Though, as Ry Crist noticed when building IFTTT into the CNET Smart Home, delays do happen.

But there I was, stuck in the CNET Smart Home, waiting for the ghost in the machine to unlock the front door and get it over with.

I first tested Secure at the CNET Smart Apartment, where we have an Asus RT - AC88U router.

I was about to leave the CNET Smart Home, and I was the last one out.

After beefing up the Wi - Fi network and picking out a smart hub, we're ready to start filling the CNET Smart Home with Web - connected gadgetry.

In the CNET Smart Home, we have thermostats in a hallway on the main floor and on the second floor, just inside the entrance of the master bedroom.

For tips, tricks and reviews from today's connected living space, head on over to the CNET Smart Home.

We tested that setup out at the CNET Smart Home, and it worked well enough — but we much preferred the Ecobee3's direct integration.

We hope to test the HomeKit version out in the CNET Smart Home in the coming weeks, but for now, check out our review of the original model.

Thanks to the new CNET Smart Home project, we're uniquely equipped to test them all in a controlled real - world environment — and that's exactly what we've been busy doing.

At $ 80, it's a bit pricey, but it tested well when we tried it out at the CNET Smart Home.

We'll be sure to test it out in the CNET Smart Home and let you know how we like it.

The Apple HomeKit products in the CNET Smart Home are all tied to my iCloud account, and Megan was using an iPhone tied to an account that hadn't been linked to mine yet.

SmartThings aside, the CNET Smart Home team uses shared logins for Nest, Philips Hue, Chamberlain MyQ and IFTTT, not to mention the shared iCloud account that we use for HomeKit devices.

I could do it if I was willing to commit to a single universe of products, but I want the CNET Smart Home to be widely compatible.

We're not done making the CNET Smart Home smart, not by a long shot.

Initially, I wanted to pick a single system for voice control, and Alexa seemed the obvious choice, given what was already had installed in the 5,800 - square - foot living smart home test lab in Louisville, Kentucky, called the CNET Smart Home.

That would be a big help in a house as large as the CNET Smart Home.

After that unexpected hurdle, I then tried to sync the Chamberlain MyQ garage and the Nest Thermostat in the CNET Smart Home to Alexa before returning to this problem with the lights.

Most of the time, I talked to the Home without hassle from across the large main room in the CNET Smart Home, a distance of roughly 40 feet.

Not exact matches

Megan and Ry are associate editors at CNET, where they perform extensive reviews on the latest smart home products.

Apple's reportedly interested in making smart glasses — and a new report from CNET on Friday sheds more light on what the plan could entail.

The Willow Smart Breast Pump is expected to retail at $ 429, CNET has reported.

This new vulnerability involves no effort on the part of the smart - phone user and requires only that an attacker have the victim's phone number, according to CNET.

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CNET's Megan Wollerton agrees that Nest's Protect is the best smart smoke alarm available, writing, «No other smoke and carbon monoxide detectors available today can match [it] in terms of looks and options.»

We found nothing but the highest praise for the Caséta system, including CNET's Ry Crist calling these dimmers «the best smart switches money can currently buy.»

Ry Crist at CNET praises the updated model, saying «it's a smart, simple way to get started with home automation, and the new, less obtrusive design is leaps and bounds better than before.»

Ry Crist & David Carnoy, Amazon Echo review: The smart speaker that can control your whole house, CNET, February 15, 2016

An extensive report from CNET's Ben Fox Rubin shines a light on the indie developers and marketers who create the skills for the Echo line and other AI - powered smart speakers like Google Home.

It is essentially a Google Home with a touch screen except that it does provide additional features to make it easier to get all your smart home devices working together as Andrew Gebhart of CNET points out:

As CNET notes in their iPad Mini 3 review, «Other than a gold option and Touch ID, the iPad Mini 3 is identical to last year's model... the nearly identical and significantly cheaper iPad Mini 2 is a smarter buy.»

Though CNET wishes the bulbs were a little brighter (newer versions are brighter than the originals), the site agrees with me that smart compatibility makes it a winning choice, declaring «If you have a variety of smart - home gadgets, and you want color - changing bulbs that will work with as many of them as possible, Hue can't be beat.»

August announced the new Smart Lock back in October, revealing that the newly redesigned lock, as well as the free August app, can let users unlock and lock their doors while they're away to let visitors inside, and double check the status of their home's security.Image via CNET Today's announcement brings news that those interested can buy the new Smart Lock from both Amazon and Best Buy, in addition to August's online storefront.

Google Now responds to the wake words, «OK, Google» but also doesn't have nearly as many options for smart - home voice control as either Siri or Alexa at the moment — just Nest and Wink for now (the latter pointed out by CNET reader samuhlarik10).

GE's C collection of smart lighting products is expected to release a new ceiling light at CES next week with an integrated microphone and speaker according The Verge, CNET, Slashgear and several other publications.

Check out CNET's handy Smart Home Compatibility Tracker.

From CNET: Three Kwikset smart locks are making their way to the Amazon Key Home Kit platform, Kwikset announced Thursday.