Once you turn your house into a smart home where you can turn the lights on and off with your voice, it’s hard to go back to flipping light switches — which is why I jumped at the chance to add Alexa ...

Amazon’s Alexa might be one of the most popular voice assistants, but it doesn’t enjoy widespread integration with cars like Siri does with Apple CarPlay and Google Assistant does with Android Auto.

Shown here and introduced in mid-2019 is the first-generation version of the product, which I’ll be tearing down today. It originally sold for $49.99 but was initially promo-priced at half that amount ...