5 Ways to Ditch Voice Assistants Permanently in Your Smart Home
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You don't have to enable voice assistants like Alexa or Siri: Here our my favorite alternatives.
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It seems like every bit of smart home tech comes with voice assistant support. Many devices are eager to tell you if they work with Alexa, or Apple's Siri, or Google's latest Gemini for Home. That's fine if you like giving voice commands to various parts of your home beyond your reach, but if you're worried about privacy or how companies manage voice recordings they collect, it may be a step too far.
But you can avoid voice assistants and their online complications by choosing other options for home control. You don't haveto...
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