DIY smart home: Here’s why I picked Amazon’s assistant to run my smart home instead of Google Assistant.

Crestron joins a growing list of Alexa-friendly smart-home providers The high-end home automation service is one of several that's jumping on board with Amazon's voice-activated virtual assistant.

Alexa-compatible home security systems have a number of features. Most of these features are related to home automation, and these home security systems that work with Alexa help create a safe and ...

Voice control is coming to smart home devices and appliances in a big way, judging from the many such product introductions at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Amazon's Alexa line of products will soon get new home automation skills thanks to the release of an API by the company.

Thanks to Lennar and Alexa, you can soon buy a home designed with voice control, shopping, and home automation in mind.

Amazon still leads the market, followed by Google. Amazon and others are hoping that greater ease-of-use and automation of smart home technologies will open the doors to a larger audience.

You probably can -- you just need to know the right words to say. If you have an Echo at home and want to get the most out of Alexa, here are all the voice commands you should try.

Apple's HomeKit platform is more closed than Amazon's Alexa, making it potentially more secure but also more restrictive and costly.