David Murphy was formerly the Senior Technology Editor at Lifehacker. Across his 15+ year career in technology journalism, his reviews and how-to guides have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall ...

A handy, tiny bedside portal for the Google Assistant. Fabric cover gives it a softer, less techno-futuristic look. At $80, it’s less expensive than Amazon’s new Echo Show Five. And it doesn’t have a ...

The Lenovo Smart Clock is now shipping out to customers. Developed alongside Google, it's a bedside alarm clock that responds to voice commands through Google Assistant. It has a simple touchscreen so ...

Google, Amazon, Facebook, and the like want to convince you that you need a smart display. But as we’ve explored in previous reviews, most smart displays are luxury versions of their screen-less ...

Lenovo’s latest entrant in this space, the $49.95 Smart Clock Essential, sits somewhere in between all of that. It’s a voice-controlled, Google Assistant smart speaker with a simple, black-and-white ...