Connect Smart Home Devices: Download and install the apps for your smart home devices. Many of these apps, such as Philips Hue or Nest, have built-in support for Cortana. Connect these devices to your ...

Attorney Scott Taylor’s Pismo Beach home is equipped with around 200 Alexa-controlled devices that respond to his voice commands ... Taylor’s living room jumps into action, unrolling blinds ...

Across Taylor’s home, devices ... of his voice-controlled system have been redone or replaced entirely — including a secret passageway hidden behind a bookcase in his living room.