Introducing a virtual assistant like Alexa to your home is a thrilling first step to living in the future—but first you have to get it set up. Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home ...

My title is Senior Features Writer, which is a license to write about absolutely anything if I can connect it to technology (I can). I’ve been at PCMag since 2011 and have covered the surveillance ...

Sometimes a smart home product gets disconnected from the internet and can't reconnect on its own. There are many reasons why this could happen, but it's a common issue that's relatively easy to fix.

To change the Wi-Fi network on an Amazon Echo, you need to open the Alexa app on your phone or tablet. Jim Rossman / TNS This week we help my mom. She did some research and found out she could save ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.