Amazon is launching a new subscription service for Echo users called Alexa Guard Plus, which will include access to a 24-hour helpline, alerts when your smart speakers or displays hear sounds ...

Smart home security is a really lucrative market but it looks like Amazon is getting ahead of the curve by rolling out a bunch of advanced home security features enabled by Alexa and available on Echo ...

Among all the things that Amazon announced today, one of them was a subscription service called Guard Plus that works with all the new home security hardware it announced. This is essentially the next ...

Amazon is rolling out its Astro robot as a security guard for businesses, using its HD periscope and night vision to patrol and map up to 5,000 square feet of space. The launch of Astro for Business, ...

A world in which AI-powered surveillance systems appropriate the work of canines is not a world in which I want to live. And I'm not just saying that because I'm a dog. As a canine member of a loving ...

You'll get a heads-up on your phone if an Echo device in your home detects a worrisome sound. Marrian Zhou is a Beijing-born Californian living in New York City. She joined CNET as a staff reporter ...

Amazon is paywalling more formerly free features on its smart home devices. Several months after it moved some basic Ring alarm system features behind a subscription plan, Amazon is doing something ...

There's a new spherical Echo, Echo Show 10 with a Portal-like display, Ring drone and car alarm, Luna controller, and more. The latest version of the service is called Guard Plus. Rolling out this ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Many of Guard’s once-free features will now require a $6 monthly subscription for Emergency Assist starting next ...