Smart Speakers

You walk into your kitchen, both hands covered in raw chicken, and the timer you forgot to set is already three minutes overdue. You shout “set a timer for ten…

Someone rang your doorbell while you were at work and you have no idea who it was. Or worse — a parcel was stolen from the doorstep and you’ve got…

You’re lying in bed at midnight and it suddenly hits you — that smart speaker sitting on the kitchen counter has been listening to every conversation you’ve had since Christmas.…

You bought a few smart plugs, a Hive thermostat, and a Ring doorbell, and they all work fine on their own — but they do not talk to each other.…

You want a robot vacuum but the choice is paralysing. iRobot has the Roomba name everyone recognises. Roborock has the tech-reviewer hype. Ecovacs has the competitive pricing. All three promise…

You come home from work, the floors are clean, and you didn’t do anything. No pushing a Dyson around, no wrapping the cord, no moving furniture. The robot did it…

Your alarm goes off at 6:45am, you reach over and hit snooze for the third time, and somewhere between the second and third snooze you remember the school run starts…

You’ve just unboxed your new Amazon Echo or Google Nest, set it up on the kitchen counter, and now you’re asking it for the weather and setting timers. That’s it…

You’ve bought a smart speaker on a whim — maybe it was on offer during Black Friday, maybe you just fancied asking it to play Radio 4 while cooking. Now you’re three devices in, and suddenly you’re wondering why your Alexa can’t talk to your Hue lights properly, or why the Ring doorbell works…

You’ve just moved into a new place — or maybe you’ve finally decided to make your home a bit smarter — and now you’re staring at a wall of smart…