Google Now already has a ton of useful voice commands built in. Thanks to a recent update to Tasker plugin AutoVoice, though, you can now create your own commands that plug directly into Google Now to ...

These days, it seems like everyone has a Google Home or Amazon Echo installed in their home. We rely on these devices to do just about everything for us, and, more often than not, they deliver. Alexa ...

Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...

While smart gadgets can be useful for a lot of things—there’s nothing quite like the convenience of turning off your bedroom light from under the covers—they’re often persnickety, requiring very ...

There's no double that voice-controlled assistants like Amazon Alexa, Google, and Siri have become an indispensable part of today's connected world. With these smart devices, we can all do things we ...

Shortcuts arrived in iOS 12 but you’d be excused for not knowing about it as it wasn’t installed by default until iOS 13 launched in September 2019. If, having installed iOS 13, you are wondering what ...

Google's ready to make its assistant more flexible. Developers can now build device-specific commands for its digital helper, Google Assistant. Previously, developers could build custom commands to an ...

Third-party Google Assistant devices can add custom commands now thanks to Google enabling the option for manufacturers who make those products. Ever since Google Assistant has been available in any ...