Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...

Shortcuts arrived in iOS 12 but you’d be excused for not knowing about it as it wasn’t installed by default until iOS 13 launched in September 2019. If, having installed iOS 13, you are wondering what ...

Fire off custom commands from inside the app or on your home screen, or set them to trigger automatically along with sunset or sunrise. Dale Smith is a former Associate Writer on the How-To team at ...

There's no double that voice-controlled assistants like Amazon Alexa, Google, and Siri have become an indispensable part of ...

Third-party Google Assistant devices can add custom commands now thanks to Google enabling the option for manufacturers who make those products. Ever since Google Assistant has been available in any ...

Many Windows 11/10 users execute similar tasks every day, and while there is a way to execute those tasks every day using the inbuilt Task Scheduler in Windows, its even better if you can execute ...

You usually want a response when asking your Google Home device a question. When you issue a command, however—say, telling your Google Assistant to turn on the lights—you don’t really need a vocalized ...