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Alexa, Play Some Music: All The Music Commands (and more …)
In this post we will look into all the Alexa music commands, to enjoy all the music services supported by your Amazon Echo. We will cover basic volume and playback commands, as well as...
Ok Google, Play Some Music! All The Music Commands (and more …)
In this post we will look into all the Google music commands, to enjoy all the music services supported by your Google Home. We will cover basic volume and playback commands, as well as...
Google Assistant and Philips Hue: Setup, Review and Voice Commands
In this post, we will configure Philips Hue for Google Assistant. I have now updated this post to reflect the recent improvements of scene and room support. If you are not so lucky and can't...
Logitech Harmony and Google Home: New Setup and Voice Commands
Ok, we were a bit disappointed. There were quite some bugs in the initial integration of Logitech Harmony and Google Home. But guess what? It took some time and now the bugs are fixed....
Logitech Harmony and Google Assistant: (Retired) Setup and Voice Commands
In this post, we will connect Google Assistant with our Logitech Harmony Hub. In case you have not already set up your Harmony devices, activities and favorites, it is a good time to do...
Siri and Apple Music: The Many Voice Commands for HomePod, iPhone, Apple TV, Apple...
If you are anything like me, the sound of your new HomePod somehow managed to make you fall in love with music, again. So you are sitting in front of your new speaker, wondering...
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How to teach your Logitech Harmony: Alexa, Hey Google turn on Roomba!
It must have been a strange moment for Mr. Colin M. Angle, CEO of iRobot, when he presumably announced summer 2017 his plans to sell the mapping data share maps for free with customer consent of his...
Logitech Harmony and Alexa: Setup, Voice Commands and a Candlelight Dinner
This Valentine's post is a story of appreciation, harmony and ultimately ... love. In this post we are going to connect Alexa with our Logitech Harmony Hub, only to find one of the loveliest integrations...
Sleeping Better with Smart Lighting: Smarter “Go to Bed” and “Wake Up”
We spend 36% of our lives asleep, and while the average sleep period has decreased over the last 60 years, neuroscience is discovering more and more how important sleep is for our well-being. Can...
The Many Ways of Controlling Smart Lighting
Smart lighting offers various ways to be controlled. Some initially appear traditional, like a simple light switch, but the options we nowadays have to switch to our preferred lighting scenes, go way beyond only...
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AI-News – Episode 10 – Halloween Special – The Smart Treehouse of Horror
Spooky times ahead! This Halloween Episode is full of spooky stories and let's not spoil the Halloween party before you see it, spoilers are below the clip. Ok, just the Head-lines: Intro (very spooky)
The...
AI-News – Episode 9 – with Siri, Alexa and Google
Alexa invites us to her surprise party and demonstrates all the new Amazon products with Alexa inside. Google and Alexa are still crunching Q2 numbers to figure out who has the biggest market share....
AI-News – Episode 8 – Special: iOS 12 Siri Shortcuts
With the arrival of iOS 12, Siri finally released her "Siri Shortcuts". You've updated already to iOS 12 and now you're asking yourself: "Where are these Shortcuts?" Well, they will take their time to...
AI-News – Episode 7 – with Siri, Alexa and Google
I need to name this longest episode ever a tragicomedy. (Actually, it's not that long, it will take you only about 8 minutes =) Why? Siri, Alexa and Google first entertain us with some figures on...