Amazon Alexa no longer responds? This helps
Smart technology is very practical as long as it works smoothly. But what if Alexa doesn’t listen to a voice command anymore and Echo just won’t start? We have searched and found solutions for these…
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How to install Netvue Orb Camera?
Today, we will help you install a Netvue Orb Cam camera. Not that it is difficult, but there may be subtleties to consider. What is the advantage of this type of connected camera working with…
Automatic watering control – Smart irrigation for 2019
In recent years, the number of record summers has increased significantly. If you hope for too long for rain or leave your garden unattended during a holiday, you risk serious plant damage. Even a day…
Smart Home with Raspberry Pi – What is possible?
A Smart Home and its components can be quite expensive. If you have technical understanding and craft skills, you can build your own Smart Home with the Raspberry Pi single-board computer and matching accessories. We…
Apple HomeKit: HomeKit compatible smart home devices
Anyone who already has Siri on their iPhone and buys a HomeKit-based Smart Home would naturally like to use it to control as many household appliances as possible. However, only Apple-certified (works with HomeKit) components…
Smart Home: Advantages and disadvantages in an expert overview
In a smart home, many devices automatically communicate with each other and thus relieve residents of annoying everyday decisions. Ideally, however, not only does the heating adapt to the weather and the light of the…
Samsung SmartThings: these devices and systems are compatible
Open Smart Home systems, such as Samsung SmartThings, have the advantage that they can be networked with a particularly large number of brands. In most cases it is enough to buy the manufacturer’s own hub…
How does Alexa work? Design and functions simply explained
Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa is not only at home on many of the online retailer’s Echo speakers, but is also being integrated into more and more smart speakers from other manufacturers (e.g. Sonos). If users…
FAQs about using Amazon Echo and Alexa
As soon as Alexa gets here, she does what she wants. It almost feels like the language assistant is giving pleasure to confuse inexperienced users of Amazon Echo devices. With a few tricks, however, the…
Get ready for summer with this Xiaomi anti-mosquito guide
Summer is here, and Xiaomi has begun to launch products to relieve us from the mosquitoes that come with the heat. Many of you are asking in the chat group which are Xiaomi’s best anti-mosquitoes….