Sentences with phrase «smart home commands»

Comcast is also adding smart home commands as well as natural - language methods of controlling the TV, in the hopes that its remote can serve as an alternative to a smart - home speaker like Google Home or Amazon Echo.

Splitting your smart home commands between Siri and Alexa (Apple and Amazon, respectively) actually makes a lot of sense.

Like other Apple devices you can ask Siri questions, issue smart home commands and so on.

Follow - Up Mode also works for other questions, smart home commands, music requests, and anything else you usually ask Alexa.

Until now, Alexa has confirmed instructions to switch on or off connected lights or issue other smart home commands with a chirpy «Ok!»

Will Roku eventually follow suit by enabling smart home commands in the future?

Note you'll still need to talk to your Google Home device — not the connected Bluetooth speakers — for queries like asking questions, getting weather updates and using smart home commands.»

«Note you'll still need to talk to your Google Home device — not the connected Bluetooth speakers — for queries like asking questions, getting weather updates and using smart home commands,» the company stated in its announcement.

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It has staked its future on doing so through devices like its Google Home smart assistant device, a competitor for Amazon's Echo, which sits on a table and responds to voice commands like «What is the weather like today?»

There some good evidence here that a Google Home smart device with a screen is in the works, but the code found by Android Police could also pertain to an upcoming software feature that lets you use a voice command to play a YouTube video on a separate screened device.

Google Home and Amazon Echo devices can broadcast your voice to other smart speakers connected in your house (except, of course, for the Echo or Home you're using to make the command).

The Home smart speaker really did respond correctly when asked to «play that Smashmouth song from Shrek,» or to turn down a Nest thermostat — I was particularly impressed at how well it picked up our voice commands in a crowded and noisy space.

Google improved its smart home prowess at I / O as well, announcing «shortcuts» that will let you command multiple devices at once — similar to the scenes of Apple's smart home platform called HomeKit.

Amazon has steadily expanded its reach into places long considered no - go zones for most people outside of the immediate family, starting with smart speakers in the home that await voice commands to come to life.

Most of the voice commands made during normal usage would be to inquire about weather updates, set reminders, play music, and more if the device is connected to a Smart Home hub.

Two hundred dollars is a considerable commitment for four light bulbs, but Philips is looking to entice people into a high - end smart home lighting experience that includes bulbs that not only dim on command, but can also «bathe your home in millions of colors.»

Wink has even created shortcuts to help you cut down on long commands and get your home working smarter, not harder.

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Along with tethered car functions, the Amazon technology also allows integration with a smart house, which allows the driver to open the garage, turn off or turn on lights, and prepare home climate control all through voice commands issued while behind the wheel.

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Microsoft has empowered the digital assistant Cortana to take command of users» smart homes directly from their Windows 10 PC

The panel can replace a light switch in your home and act as a central station for controlling common smart home devices with a simple touch or voice command.

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The basic features on most smart phones can now be operated with spoken commands, as well as hands - free smart speakers like the Amazon Echo and Google Home.

One of those ambitions is for it to become a control center for smart home gadgets, allowing you to turn lights on and off or adjust the thermostat with a simple voice command.

The mode would be beneficial to someone who appreciates being able to control their smart home via voice, but doesn't necessarily need to have Alexa verbally confirming that she took action with each command.

The update will allow the device to understand the usual OK Google voice commands, but some features found in the Google Home smart speaker are missing.

The similarities between the two are near - endless: like Google Home, the Echo is a screenless, connected speaker that's always listening for a voice command and can play music, answer questions, turn your smart lights on or off, and more.

As is to be expected, Alexa can answer a variety of verbal commands directly, as well as those from a companion mobile app, with Amazon also building in the ability to connect to a number of smart home devices.

(A wake word typically triggers smart devices like Google Home and the Amazon Echo to start listening to your verbal commands).

In answering to your «Hey Siri» vocal commands, Apple's assistant can perform many of the same table - stakes tasks as Amazon's Alexa on Echos or the Google Assistant on Google Home speakers — from setting timers and reminders to informing you of the weather and traffic, turning on smart lights or solving math.

With a single command, you can control multiple smart home devices plus get information you need in the moment.

Apple certainly has some catching up to do: An eMarketer forecast last month predicted that Amazon is expected to command roughly 70 percent of the smart speaker market share this year, with Google Home taking much of the rest of the market.

This smart home alludes to the ability to control multiple smart devices with just one Alexa command.

SmartThings is also a partner of Echo, offering users the ability to command their smart home through Alexa, whether it's turning the lights off or the temperature up.

GE - branded switches and smart plugs, plus Sengled Element Touch smart bulbs, can now be operated with voice commands in Comcast's Xfinity Home system.

In addition, Mycroft offers a capability often referred to as routines so you can set of a series of activities such as multiple smart home controls with a single command.

Subsequent inaudible commands could be issued to the activated voice assistants and execute tasks such as making a phone call, visiting a website or controlling smart home devices.

Sonos has even better - sounding speakers in its lineup, but this one sounds great and it lets you control any Sonos speaker with voice commands (and the rest of your smart home, too).

The Sonos Play: 5 can now work with Alexa through your mobile device, but it doesn't support voice commands, so it falls short of the Google Home Max's superior smart speaker abilities.

Things that users can make the Nest Cam IQ do with voice commands for Google Assistant include controlling other smart home devices and adding Google Calendar appointments, among others.

This Amazon Echo competitor also has a built - in speaker, can respond to voice commands, and can both control smart home devices and stream music.

... Roku on Wednesday announced new software and a licensing agreement for OEMs to develop smart speakers, soundbars and multiroom audio systems that will allow customers to control their home entertainment devices with simple voice commands.

The Google Home doesn't offer routines like Amazon's Alexa - powered smart speakers, but it does have shortcuts for when reciting commands like the long one mentioned above is just too much.

Two hundred dollars is a considerable commitment for four light bulbs, but Philips is looking to entice people into a high - end smart home lighting experience that includes bulbs that not only dim on command, but can also «bathe your home in millions of colors.»

On Shield, this will allow for hands - free voice commands through the game controller, so you can start playing Netflix and YouTube videos, control video playback, turn on some music, and control smart home devices without reaching for the remote.

These are all tied into my Vivint smart - home system, and I can control each of them — or predefined groups of them — with a voice command from my kitchen, master bedroom, great room, home theater, enclosed patio, and yes, even the garage.

This smart lock, which took home our Editors» Choice Award for its impressive performance, is the only brand that you can lock and unlock using voice commands, making it a must - have integration in our book.

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