The Echo Dot Max is one of Amazon’s most robust and best-sounding smart speakers yet, though plenty of folks will be served just as well by cheaper options.

The future of AI in the home will be spoken, not typed,” declared Panos Panay during Amazon’s recent hardware event, and the company’s latest Echo lineup seems engineered to prove that point. At the ...

The Dot Max is Amazon’s best all-around smart speaker. It’s pricier than the $50 Dot, but it offers far better sound, more power, and more smart home capabilities. If you are hanging on to a ...

Amazon's newest smart speakers start at $100, but do they offer enough of an incentive to upgrade? I went hands-on.

Update, October 29 2025, 12:37PM ET: This review was updated after Amazon clarified how the tap controls for play/pause are ...

From lazy mornings to busy workdays, Echo 5th Gen isn’t just a smart speaker, it’s users’ personal scheduler, alarm, and DJ.

Amazon Alexa is already a solid smart assistant, but a few clever tweaks and lesser-known features can take your experience to the next level. Here's how to make the most of it.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation has a plan to rehabilitate the “flyover” bridge that connects two of the state’s most significant interstate highways. The bridge carries Interstate 84 to ...

Representatives from CT DOT, however, said public outreach for this phase of the project has concluded and the department will hold an information meeting when the project design and environmental ...

It’s that spooky time of the year again! Amazon knows just how much we all love Tim Burton’s cult classic film The Nightmare Before Christmas, so it’s bringing back the Jack Skellington Echo Dot and ...

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700. Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional ...