As a homeowner and avid gardener, I am always looking for ways to save time and ensure my plants and lawn receive adequate water. That’s why I decided to test a variety of the best hose timers in my ...

“Alexa, set a timer for 10 minutes,” I say in the kitchen as I’m putting a pot of water on a burner, followed by “Alexa, set a timer for 20 minutes” as I pop some lasagne in the oven for reheating.

Apple quietly built a system-wide sleep timer into the iPhone years ago, and it works perfectly with Netflix even though the streaming app never mentions it. By leaning on the Clock app’s “Stop ...