Smart home gear with J.R., Eric, and Francis

Co-hosts J.R. and Eric catch up with Francis, who works on our Crutchfield Business team, to take a deep dive on smart home gear and smart assistants (https://www.crutchfield.com/r/800). Eric, a big fan of Amazon Alexa (https://www.crutchfield.com/r/801), and Francis, who's all in with Google Assistant (https://www.crutchfield.com/r/802), discuss their home setups and how they made their choices. Some of the gear discussed includes: Amazon Echo Dot products (https://www.crutchfield.com/r/803) Google Nest products (https://www.crutchfield.com/r/804) Brilliant Smart Home Control (https://www.crutchfield.com/r/805) Bluesound Node 2i (https://www.crutchfield.com/r/806) Denon products with HEOS (https://www.crutchfield.com/r/807) Also, the gang answers a few customer questions about integrating smart controls with existing audio gear. If you'd like more info on integrating smart home products into your home, check out our smart home buying guide (https://www.crutchfield.com/r/808). Some other great resources are our wireless router buying guide (https://www.crutchfield.com/r/809), our guide to Alexa in the car (https://www.crutchfield.com/r/80A), and our guide to Brilliant smart home control (https://www.crutchfield.com/r/80B).