You can track—and consequently reduce—how much energy many of your smart home gadgets are using.

Consumer Reports walks you through the process of using a smart speaker as a smart home hub. Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri each let you control your home with your voice. CR's experts help you ...

Your voice assistant speaker - whether Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri - has the ability to control smart devices around your home. Here's how to use a voice assistant speaker as a smart home hub ...

Q: Can I use a Fire tablet or an iPad as a smart home display hub? Fire tablets are an excellent choice if you want to get a cheap tablet that can double as your smart home command center.

The DIRIGERA Hub is the heart of the IKEA smart home setup. Just like an Apple Home or Google Assistant, it enables users to connect and control their smart products via the IKEA Home Smart app.

How to play YouTube videos on a Google Nest Hub With Nest Hubs having significant use cases for being placed anywhere inside your home, there are a couple of ways to use YouTube via the smart display.

Smart speakers like the Amazon Echo, Apple HomePod, and Nest Hub devices are Matter Controllers, as are the smart home apps from Amazon, Apple, Google, and Samsung.

You can use either an Echo speaker or display to monitor the activity of aging loved ones. Chris Monroe/CNET Tap through the instructions and indicate that you are either giving or receiving care.

How to use your Google Nest Hub Max as a security camera The Google Nest Hub lineup is popular among Google Assistant users. It comes in two versions: the Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max.