Jeramy is proud to help Keep Austin Weird and loves hiking in the hill country of central Texas with a breakfast taco in each hand. When he's not writing about smart home gadgets and wearables, he's defending his relationship with his smart voice assistants to his family. You can follow him on Twitter at @jeramyutgw.
Fitbit Premium is a relatively new subscription service aimed at taking all of the health data collected by your fitness tracker and turning that into actionable plans to help you improve your health. We'll show you how you can sign up for Fitbit Premium in just a few short steps.
Despite having its share of negative publicity throughout 2019, Ring has continued to make some of the best home automation and security devices on the market. Here are some of our favorite Ring products for 2020.
One of the best features on the Amazon Echo Show line of smart speakers is the ability to make calls just by using your voice. In a time of social distancing, video calling is more important than ever. We'll show you how easy it is to call your family and friends over video through your Echo Show.
One of my favorite pastimes in good times or bad is to curl up on the sofa with a good book, preferably on my Amazon Kindle. Here are some of the stories that have been distracting me over the past few weeks of lockdown and social isolation.
When I reviewed the Amazon Echo Buds in late 2019, I commented that they were a solid first attempt to help get Alexa out of the house and make her more useful on the go. The Echo Frames, which were announced at the same time as the Echo Buds, are the latest of Alexa's steps into the wider world. I'll tell you what I thought of them after my first few days with them.
It's so easy to make a quick video call to one of your friends or family through a Google Assistant-enabled smart screen device like a Nest Hub or Lenovo Smart Display. We'll show you how to get set up and on your way.
If you have a Samsung Galaxy phone, chances are you have a number of apps that you'd like to get rid of. Whether they're from Samsung or your carrier, there is generally a way to delete or disable these apps so they're not clogging up your app drawer or home screen, and it's actually super easy to do.
Many of us working from home are caught up in a seemingly endless series of phone calls and group video chats, using everything from classic Skype to today's darling, Zoom. But with so many recent privacy and technical hiccups, you might be ready to just delete your Zoom account and move on to the next option. Here's how you can do that.
Amazon was one of the first big companies to offer online music for sale that was free of digital rights management (DRM), and it was also one of the first to offer a "free" tier streaming service in its Prime Music product. However, as nice as free can be, Prime Music is limited. Should you pay to upgrade to one of Amazon's Unlimited music plans? Let's discuss.
Most of us know by now that we can ask Amazon's Alexa questions like "what's the weather" or requests like "turn on the kitchen lights," but the smart voice assistant actually has a few tricks up her sleeves. We'll show you some of the more obscure skills that Alexa has to keep you entertained and productive.
I've seen a lot of articles recently talking about how you can repurpose your old tech around the house in new ways. In that spirit, here's an easy and relatively inexpensive way to take your old dumb speakers and make them smart.
Samsung phones have had a version of dark mode at least since Android 9 Pie, but now with Android 10, they have true OS-level support for the feature. We'll walk you through how easy it is to set up dark mode on your Galaxy phone.
These days we all have so much data that is important to us, from files, to photos, to videos, and we want to make sure it is safe and secure. For World Backup Day, we wanted to highlight some strategies for protecting your precious memories.
Many families purchase Amazon Fire tablets because they're affordable, durable, and easy to use. Amazon has always been a leader in offering parental control options. We'll show you how to enable these on your Fire tablet device.
If you've been forced into working remotely, there's no time like the present to get your home office organized for maximum productivity. Here are some of the top tools the Android Central work from home team uses to keep everything in our spaces in tip-top shape.
Google Duo is a solid yet simple video chat app that is available across several platforms, including Android, iOS, and web. Yet despite how simple it is, there are a number of useful tips and tricks to be learned to get the most out of the app. We'll walk you through the top 15.
One of the best video conferencing apps is probably already on your phone. Google Duo is free, works across different platforms, and allows you to create group video or audio calls with up to 12 people at a time!
Amazon Echo smart speakers make it easy to ask Alexa questions, play music, and order goods, but for some in the family, it can be just a little too easy. We'll show you how to keep your little ones from ordering stuff you don't want or don't need through your Echo with Alexa.
Cabin fever can set in for anyone, particularly during times of forced self-isolation. Thankfully, if you have a Fitbit device, you have many tools at your disposal to help you practice self-care and keep a healthy mind and body.
As fun as it may seem to be away from the boss's prying eyes while working from home these next few weeks, at a certain point, you're gonna get a little bored. Fight off complacency and learn a little something by downloading a few audiobooks from Audible. Here are some favorites that I've been listening to that are helping me cope with this public health crisis.