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About Eric Ravenscraft

Eric Ravenscraft covers smarthome tech for How-To Geek. He's a problem solver who never learned to say no to a project. When he's not fixing things, he's cosplaying at cons, playing video games, and watching too many comic book movies. You can follow him on Twitter or Instagram.

Latest Articles

How to Make Your Echo Show Play a Sound When You Say "Alexa"

By default, when you say "Alexa" near the Echo Show, it displays a blue line on a screen.

Everything Amazon's Echo Show Can Do That Other Echos Can't

The Echo Show's handy 7" screen makes it stand apart from all the other Amazon Echo products.

How to Turn Off YouTube Restricted Mode On Your Echo Show (So Videos Aren't Missing From Search Results)

The Echo Show lets anyone start playing YouTube videos on its small display.

How to Change the Region On Your Nintendo Switch (and Play Games from Other Countries)

With the Switch, Nintendo has left behind a long legacy of region-locking its consoles.

How to Set Up and Get Started Using the Amazon Echo Show

The Echo Show is Amazon's newest voice assistant gadget.

Stringify control panel showing complex smarthome automation routine
How to Loop or Chain Multiple Stringify Flows Together With Connect: Flow

Stringify is a crazy powerful tool that lets you automate complex tasks with minimal effort, even if you don't know any code.

How to Display the Battery Percentage on Your Nintendo Switch

By default, the Nintendo Switch home screen shows you a basic battery icon.

How to Add Philips Hue Widgets to Your Android Home Screen

Philips Hue's Android widgets are a robust way to control several of your lights at the touch of a button.

How to Delete a Trackr Device From Your Account

Trackr is a keychain-sized Bluetooth device you can use to find your keys, wallet, or anything else you frequently lose.

How to Calibrate the Joy-Con Controllers On Your Nintendo Switch

For such a tiny package, the Nintendo Switch's Joy-Con controllers sure pack a lot of complex sensors and input mechanisms.

How to Hide, Transfer, Replace, or Delete a Tile Tracker From Your Account

Tile trackers are handy little Bluetooth devices that let you find your keys, wallet, or anything else you can attach them to.

Nintendo Account vs. User ID vs. Network ID: All of Nintendo's Confusing Accounts, Explained

Nintendo has a dizzying array of different online accounts connected to various services.

How to Free Up Space On Your Nintendo Switch's Internal Storage

The Nintendo Switch comes with a meager 32GB of storage.

How to Set Up and Use Your Amazon Dash Wand

Amazon's new $20 Dash Wand is a handy little device for Prime customers that lets you order anything from Amazon just by scanning a bar code.

How to Disable the Lock Screen On Your Nintendo Switch

When you wake your Nintendo Switch from sleep mode, you have to go through a slightly tiresome lock screen.

How to Burn Any Video File to a Playable Blu-Ray Disc

If you've ripped your Blu-Ray collection to make your library more convenient, you might also want to burn a back up or use a copy so you don't damage your original.

How to Get Notified When You Leave Your Keys or Wallet Behind with Trackr

Trackr is a handy little device that you can use to find your keys, wallet, or anything else you lose often.

How to Use Trackr to Find Your Keys, Wallet, Phone, or Anything Else

I estimate that the average person loses their keys over seventeen times every hour.

How to Use Google to Search Only Your Emails, Events, and Other Stuff

You probably use Google search to find out everything from movie showtimes to how tall Jeff Goldblum is.

How to Refresh Your Google Play Music Library and Find Your Missing Tracks

One of Google Play Music's strengths, aside from the verbal workout you get from its lengthy name, is that you can upload your own music, follow podcasts, and sync all of your songs and tracks across all devices.

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