newsheaven

I am a specialist in smart homes. My profession involves writing about smart home technology, intelligent gadgets, and voice assistants. However, I can hardly recall the last occasion when I genuinely interacted with Alexa. To clarify, I’m not specifically targeting Alexa. I seldom interact with Google Assistant or Apple’s Siri as well. Why? Because it’s much simpler for me to pull out my phone and open an app rather than trying to make one of these so-called "intelligent" voice assistants perform what I need. Currently, we have a Google Nest Hub Max in our kitchen functioning mostly as an elaborate digital picture frame; it sometimes chimes in with answers to questions that haven’t been posed. Several HomePod minis are placed throughout our house, primarily used for streaming music which I typically manage via my iPhone. Additionally, there’s an isolated Alexa device in our daughter’s bedroom serving solely as her alarm clock. Amazon is now promising an ambiti...