Smart Home Reviews
Editors' Choice
We review hundreds of products in a wide range of categories each year. Here's the best of the best in smart homes.
Echo Show (2nd Generation) review
The pressure was on to make a bigger, better Echo Show device, and Amazon delivered. Featuring a larger screen and better sound, the new Show is a combined smart speaker, TV, and overall entertainment center in one. See Full Review »
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8
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Google Home Mini Review
- Individual voice recognition gives tailored…
- Seamlessly integrates all the features of the…
- Affordable, compact, and attractive
- Improved AI that responds quickly
- Poor hands-free calling sound quality
- Lacks high-quality sound
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8
Echo Sub Review
- Compact and attractive
- Gets loud
- Goes deeper than expected
- Fills a room with decent bass
- Won’t connect to anything but Echo speakers
- Can’t play sound from videos
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7
TP-Link Kasa Cam Outdoor Review
- Cute, compact design
- IP65 weatherproofing
- 1080p HD, well saturated images
- Support for Amazon Alexa/Google Assistant-enabled…
- 2 days free cloud recording support
- Tethered power cable, no locking mount
- No local SD storage
- Low volume siren and speaker
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8
Google Home Hub Review
- Compact dimensions
- No camera
- Reasonably priced
- Google Assistant works very well
- Screen useful in certain situations
- Screen too small for media consumption
- No camera means no video call feature
Amazon Echo Show (2nd Generation) Review
- Impressive sound quality
- Crystal clear display
- Larger screen than previous model
- Built-in smart home hub
- Expensive
- No Z-Wave integration
Our Score
8
Lenovo Smart Display Review
- Two different sizes to choose from
- Integrates with Google Assistant
- Crystal clear display
- Manual camera shutoff option
- Plays YouTube
- Only usable in landscape mode, for now
- Sound quality could be improved
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9
Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Generation) Review
- Impressive full sound quality
- Inexpensive introduction to smart home control
- Alexa smarter than ever
- Improved aesthetic befitting modern home design
- Better microphone sensitivity
- Fabric covering could show dirt over time
- New power port is less universal
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9
JBL Link View Review
- Sounds incredible
- Easy to set up and use
- Using recipes is very easy and useful
- Works with YouTube
- More expensive than the Amazon Echo Show or Lenovo…
- Most skills don’t take advantage of the screen
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7