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The latest Nest Thermostat is a little more expensive, yes. But it's also more functional, plays nice with Apple HomeKit — and it's simply gorgeous.

Alarm clocks can be either digital or analog ... Others, like Amazon’s Echo Dot and Google’s Nest Hub, plug into other services to expand their capabilities and let you control other devices ...

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Sunrise alarm clocks mimic the gradually brightening light of the sun to ease you out of sleep. Think of it as a biological hack. “We evolved to align our sleep-wake cycles with the sun ...

All Nest products use lighting and animation to ... As for displays, the Echo Show 5 and 8 sport a relatively modest “alarm clock” look, but the Echo Show 10 is a pivoting screen on a cylinder ...

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