Best smart home hubs: The differences between the Echo and other Amazon devices, Google Home, and Apple HomePod

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Smart homes are seriously taking over the world. Remember when Disney Channel’s Smart House premiered in 1999 and we all thought that having a smart home assistant that could talk seemed like the distant future?

Yeah, not so far-fetched anymore.

No, our smart home assistants don’t appear as holograms of 1950s moms (yet). Instead, they come in the form of compact devices and respond to names like Alexa, Google, and Siri — which, honestly, is a lot less creepy than the movie. Read more…

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