Smart Home

Set up and troubleshoot smart lights, speakers, cameras and thermostats — make your smart home just work.

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Few smart speaker errors are as annoying as this one. You ask your Google Nest Audio a simple question, the lights dance…

October 21, 2026

A power cut is annoying enough on its own. The lights come back, the Wi-Fi reconnects, and everything slowly returns to normal,…

October 21, 2026

Every time you talk to Alexa, a recording and a transcript of what you said are saved to your Amazon account. Most…

October 21, 2026

Multi-room music is one of the best parts of owning several Echo speakers. Your favourite song follows you from the kitchen to…

October 21, 2026

You are in the kitchen, you ask Alexa to play some music while you cook, and the sound starts blasting from the…

October 21, 2026

There is something especially frustrating about a smart home routine that works perfectly for months and then quietly stops. Your sunrise routine…

October 21, 2026

Upgrading to a TP-Link Deco mesh system is one of the best things you can do for home Wi-Fi. Your dead spots…

October 21, 2026

Few smart home problems are more annoying than asking Alexa to turn on a lamp, a fan, or the coffee maker, and…

October 21, 2026

You say the wake word, and nothing happens. No blue light, no answer, just a solid red ring staring back at you…

October 21, 2026

Your Echo Dot is supposed to glow blue when it is listening and stay dark when it is idle. So when you…

October 21, 2026