Smart Homes: Google Home, Alexa, NAS, and more

Most recent stories in Smart Homes: Google Home, Alexa, NAS, and more

• 

  Android Central

  

  Ready to level up? The 'best 4-bay NAS of 2026' just scored a massive discount at Amazon

  androidcentral.com - Patrick Farmer

  Take your workflow to the next level with this popular NAS server. The memory shortage is showing no signs of stopping any time soon, but fear not: …

• 

  Android Central

  

  Google Home outage left Nest devices stuck and unresponsive

  androidcentral.com - Jay Bonggolto

  Google Home outage showed just how dependent Nest was on the cloud. What you need to know Google Home and Nest suffered a widespread outage, leaving …

• 

  Android Central

  

  I put this NAS through 2,500 hours of testing and 50TB of writes — it's the only one I trust with my data

  androidcentral.com - Harish Jonnalagadda

  UGREEN's DXP4800 Pro handled everything I threw at it, and the NAS is now my dedicated media server. As I write this, I have 78 devices connected to …

• 

  Android Central

  

  Wait—Samsung's Ballie isn't gone? Its app UI might've leaked

  androidcentral.com - Nickolas Diaz

  Not how I expected to remember Ballie. What you need to know A rumor claims to have discovered early "design illustrations" for a Ballie app from …

• 

  Android Central

  

  EBO Max review: The AI-powered family robot that gets smarter over time (and my cat adores)

  androidcentral.com - Namerah Saud Fatmi

  The longer you use it, the more this robot learns, and the wiser it gets. Enabot's cutesy robots on wheels are always fun contraptions, but the most …

• 

  Android Central

  

  Gemini gets better memory: smart home update refines automations and more

  androidcentral.com - Nickolas Diaz

  Gemini is paying extra attention now. What you need to know Google is rolling out several smart home updates, including one for Gemini that expands its …