60 Seconds of Smart Home — Amazon Dot

Guest post written by Level Up Your Home Super Intern, Monica Cipriano, incoming Sophomore at University of Maryland. Is the Echo Dot Really Worth It? The Amazon Echo Dot has generated a lot of buzz over the past year, claiming to act as your personal assistant.  But does it live up to the hype?  Recently I was given the opportunity to take a Dot home and test it out, to see if it really is a useful tool or just a glorified version of Siri. As a college student, my main priority is to get my life together.  College is...

There is a new galactic battle in the virtual assistant wars now that Google Home has arrived. You have Amazon’s Princess “Alexa” (who looks more like Darth Vader, tall and all black) vs the mighty Google Empire (a cute little R2D2 looking Google Home). Since Amazon has a big head start with the launch of Alexa a few years ago and has been written about extensively I will focus on the Google Home with just a few early observations. The Price is very competitive $129 (Amazon Alexa goes for $179 and the Amazon Dot $49). It comes beautifully boxed, almost...

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Ok you were not naughty, well maybe a little bit but a thoughtful family member still found you well-deserving of the most popular high tech gift this year -Amazon’s Alexa or Google Home. Well get ready to have some fun and ring in the New Year with technology! You’ll be impressed with what these gizmo can do with it’s voice command system and a wide array of connected devices. They can play your favorite Holiday tunes all throughout your house, turn down the lights (even change colors) and set the temperature to make it warm a cozy. Want to watch...