"Virtual assistants will soon be as commonplace as smartphones -- in many parts of the world, they already are. Most smartphones have a built-in assistant powered by artificial intelligence (AI), whether it's Siri in iPhones or Google Assistant (now Gemini) in Android phones. Inside our homes, though, Amazon Alexa has become the most popular virtual assistant in the US and around the world, as a widely adopted virtual assistant."
"Also: Everything you need to know about Alexa+, Amazon's generative AI assistant I have a smart wall light switch with a built-in motion sensor that turns on at night each time the headlights of a car are spotted on the window opposite it. Aside from getting creeped out when my bathroom lights randomly turned on at four in the morning, it was getting annoying, so I delegated the task to Alexa."
"You've probably heard of the "Alexa, good night" routine for turning off your smart lights. However, there are many ways to use this approach and create multiple routines for each bedroom or area in your home. For our main living area, I have a lights-out routine that switches off the living room, kitchen, office, and outdoor lights. This task is completed using smart lights and smart plugs."
Virtual assistants are becoming as commonplace as smartphones, with built-in AI assistants like Siri and Google Assistant (Gemini) on many phones and Amazon Alexa widely used in homes. Amazon Alexa runs on Echo devices that are adopted globally and configured in different languages. Echo devices can automate lighting using occupancy sensors to greet users and run routines that switch lights on and off and play phrases. Smart wall switches with motion sensors can cause unwanted activations, and delegating control to Alexa can prevent random triggers. Multiple customized routines, such as lights-out sequences, can manage lights and smart plugs across rooms and outdoor areas.
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