The best smart devices that work with the Amazon Echo and the new Tap

If you're new to Amazon Echo — hey! Welcome. Amazon Echo fans can be a fanatical bunch when it comes to the part-speaker, part-smart home device. We'll teach you the secret handshake later.

But jokes aside, we've gotten our hands on a lot of smart home gadgets over the years, and the Echo is among the most fun, easiest and intuitive to use. After all, Mashable named it the best tech product of 2015 for good reason. The company also recently announced a smaller, more portable-sized version called the Amazon Tap ($129, or $50 less than the standard-sized Echo) that does virtually all of the same things. Read more...