We all have heard the words like smart home, smart home appliances, smart home technology, and much more stuff including the word ‘smart’. But what actually does ‘smart home’ means. Well, a smart home allows its owners to control lights, temperatures, appliances, and other devices just by clicking on their smartphones, tablets, or laptops through an internet connection. And what best is you can control stuff in your home no matter where you are and also whenever you want.
We all love the easiness internet has provided us. And with the advancing technology, much more comfort is on its way for us regarding home automation. With a simple click of a button or a single voice command, you can now control items around your house like adjusting the temperature, cleaning of floors, turning on/off outdoor appliances, asking your oven to bake the fish, feeding pets, playing news/music and much more.
There are many smart home device categories. So, you can control everything from cooking, lighting, and thermostats to locks and home security tools, which protect your home even when you are out of town or city. The internet-linked devices are not just for fun anymore they have been updated to a much higher level where they are becoming a substantial need of our everyday life. Here is the list of some famous and latest 2021 smart home products to make your life more relaxed.
Smart Home Security Cameras
Wyze Cam Outdoor
Looking for a security camera which survives the downpours, snowstorms, and heatwaves? Wyze Cam Outdoor is built to be a mainstay in even the toughest conditions. This smart outdoor camera is wire-free, and battery powered. It is easy to setup; you can simply attach it to the outside of your home without the hassle of sorting out wires or searching for outlets.
Wyze cam provides you with a Full HD night vision. Incisive footage and live streaming with 25 feet, yard-revealing night vision let you see every detail happening outside.
It is built with PIR motion detection. You don’t have to save the recording every time as these are automatically saved to the cloud for 2 weeks. The best feature of this smart outdoor cam is it detects motion by sensing body heat using passive infrared which resultantly decreases false alarm alerts. Buy Now
Nanit Plus
As a mom of newborn and toddlers, the word nap time sometimes go out of your dictionary as you can’t spend a minute without checking on your sleeping angels. Nanit plus can help you retrieve your nap or relax time back to your dictionary. You can take a nap or watch your favorite show now without getting up again and again to check them.
Nanit time alerts will let you know when you should be back on your mama’s duty with its two-way audio, breathing monitoring, and sleep tracking features.
The best thing is you can record and save the most precious as well as silly moments of your child with the help of this Nanit plus. Buy Now
Smart Speakers
Amazon Echo
Amazon Echo connects to Alexa to play your favorite music(from channels like Spotify, sound cloud or from your favorite radio station), check the weather, make/answer phone calls or send messages, answer questions, and set alarms for you: “It’s 9 a.m., time to go to your office.” It also connects to other smart products in your home, so you can use it as your connection between you and your smart TV.
The New globe shape look of Amazon echo is equally attractive as its features are. Echo produces clear highs, vibrant mids, and deep bass for a rich, detailed sound that automatically adjusts to any room requirements. Amazon echo can play synchronized music across Echo devices in different rooms of your home or it can also pair your Echo with compatible TV devices to feel the scenes of home theater audio. In short, you can now voice-control your entertainment whenever you want. Buy Now
Google Nest Hub
If you are a fan of Google Assistant, then try using its Google Nest Hub family which includes speakers and smart displays. Using this smart home device, you can share reminders and to-do lists. With the built-in Nest Cam, you can keep an eye on your home when you are out. You can also leave video messages for your family and can make video calls with this google assistant device.
If you have other smart home devices like lights, TVs, locks, switches, security cameras then the Google Nest Hub will make your home smarter by pairing them with all these smart devices so you can control them from one single place
You can enjoy watching Movies, Seasons, and music on the 10-inch HD screen with stereo speakers which ensures a space-filling and high bass sound. Buy Now
Smart Plugs
Connect sense smart outlet 2
With the Connect Sense Smart Outlet, regulating and supervising the power usage in your home has never been easier. This versatile smart plug can be controlled with an iOS or Android mobile app and can also be coupled with Amazon Alexa, Apple Home Kit, and Google Assistant. Now you can easily control your fans, LEDs, lights, heaters, and other electrical devices with the power of your voice. The Smart plug provides you comfort to control devices whenever you want and from wherever you are. This plug also has the ability to monitor energy usage for your plug-in devices. It is easy to use with its simple setup and two Wi-Fi connected sockets that can be monitored individually. Buy Now
D-Link mydlink Outdoor Wi-Fi Smart Plug
Have you ever wished for this power to control electrical devices outside your home without really going out? If your answer is yes, then this smart home product is made just for you. The main reason for the name ‘outdoor smart plug’ is that it is waterproof and protects against dust or water splashing. So, the worries of your sockets going wet in rain ended here.
With the assistance of mydlink Outdoor Wi-Fi Smart Plug, you will be able to flip any outdoor electrical outlet into a smart outlet. It works smoothly with Google Assistant, Alexa, and with mydlink itself. It turns your home appliances (like outside lightning, swimming pumps) on and off just by clicking on our phone. Buy Now
Smart Heating and Cooling
Ecobee Smart Thermostat
Saving on your annual or monthly billing is a dream of every earning person out there, isn’t it? Well, Ecobee Smart Thermostat with its features and easy scheduling can help you save up to 23% annually on heating and cooling bills. Ecobee smart thermostat comes with voice control with Alexa built-in means it can also make calls with your friends, play music from your favorite Spotify playlists, and can also control another Alexa enables devices by your voice command.
It has sensors that detect your presence and adjust the temperature accordingly. eco+ is free software that helps your ecobee thermostat adjust to your routine, for extra energy savings and comfort.
This ecobee thermostat reduces pressure on the electricity grid and Automatically heats or cools when electricity is cheaper and cleaner. It can also control the temperature of the room you or your family members are in, rather than the room it’s installed. Buy Now
GE Energy Star 115-Volt Electronic Room Air Conditioner
The GE AHC08LY is an 8,000-BTU window air conditioner. This smart AC connects to your home Wi-Fi and also support Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri voice commands. GE AC can also run smoothly with other smart home devices via Apple HomeKit and IFTTT applets.
Smart GE AC cools the room quickly. You can also on it to cool your room before you even arrive. It also uses your phone’s location services and knows how much time you will reach your room. The GE AC provides flexible scheduling options and also has the feature of energy reports. This is a little bit expensive than non-smart AC’s, but its features are worth the price you will pay. Buy Now
Smart Lighting
Yeelight Smart LED Bulb
These Yeelight bulbs are affordable, smart, dimmable, and comes in many colors. There are almost 16 million colors it offers and connects with your home network wirelessly or without the need for a hub. Yeelight smart bulbs support Alexa, Google Assistant and can also work with other smart home devices by IFTTT.
These smart bulbs come with the app you download on your smartphone and then you can manage the effects of lightning, its colors and can also schedule the lightning timings. Whether you are in a mood to part or in a mood to relax your voice command is all this smart bulb needs to adjust the lighting to your mood. Buy Now
Wyze Bulb
We always wish to switch on and off the lights by simply saying “ON/OFF”. Well, Wyze bulb has fulfilled your wish. Just command your lights by asking Alexa or Google Assistant to turn them on/off, adjust light brightness, and can also adjust color temperatures.
Vibrant, cool-white for fresh dawn moods and soft white for soothing dusk, Wyze Bulb can do both and much more. With a vast temperature range (from 2,700k – 6,500k) and a dimmable 800 lumen (60W equivalent) bulb, you can have the perfect lighting to set the mood no matter the event. With the Wyze app, you can have access to scheduling options and interaction with other smart devices.-+/8 Buy Now
Smart Kitchen Appliances
Brava Oven
Brava ovens are among the most expensive ovens around the world. These are also counted as the ovens with the most advanced features. The person just has to arrange and prepare the ingredients and then leave all the work to this smart cooking oven.
One doesn’t have to stand and supervise in the case of Brava ovens. One can look at your food on his/her smartphone which is connected to the oven which has its own in-built cameras. Cooking with Brava oven doesn’t ask you to be a professional as it does everything all by itself. It rapidly adjusts the temperature and can roast things in half the time.
Brava’s chef developed recipe program in combination with Brava oven can help you make your meal looks and tastes perfect in every way. You can trust the Brava oven with your cooking as it requires less effort, it is unsupervised, and the best thing is it’s easy to clean after cooking. Buy Now
Anova Precision Cooker Wi-Fi
Anova precision cooker comes with its Anova culinary app. Just by following the step-by-step recipes in apps, you can make perfectly cooked meals with just a single click of a button. You just have to attach this smart cooker with your pot containing water. Add your food in a sealed bag and put it in the pot then cook and control with the app on your smartphone. Buy Now
Smart Cleaning with Automaton Vacuums and Mops
iRobot Roomba s9+
The hassle of vacuuming and then cleaning the vacuum is the thing we all despise to some extent. But this smart vacuum Roomba s9+ has the automatic dirt disposal feature that allows the s9+ to empty itself for up to 2 months. Its sophisticated design attracts buyers and its features increase them. It has 40 times more suction power than its previous models. The 3-stage cleaning system (lifts, loosens, and eliminate) ensures deep cleaning of carpets as well as wooden floors. Its power boost technology increases the suction speed for deep cleaning of rugs and clothed surfaces.
Its advanced sensing technology deep cleanses along the edges and corners of your floors. This s9+ is designed with special corner brushes which enhance the overall vacuuming process. It is best for you if you are a pet owner. With its in-built Anti-Allergen System, 99% of pollen and mold allergens are held captive from the robot to the base. So they can’t escape back into the air. Buy Now
Ecovacs Deeboot Ozmo T8 AIVI
This smart device is a 2 in 1 package for you with its vacuuming and mopping feature. It has an extra-large 240mL water tank which covers over 2000 square feet of floor mopping. You can call it a mastermind device because it avoids the carpets when mopping and its vacuum suction power doubled up.
Ecovacs deeboot can be scheduled and clean as much as needed and as little as you require it to. Deeboot has the True Mapping feature which creates a map of the floor of your house for efficient cleaning. This smart vacuum also has quick cleaning option which enables it to go directly to a specific area that requires an instant mopping. this smart vacuum can also store multiple maps and locations.
Ecovacs uses your voice for hands-free managing with Alexa and Google Assistant. DEEBOOT does not require you to charge it. It returns to its charging spot automatically when charging is low and starts cleaning from where it left off. Buy Now
Smart Bed Sleep Number 360
Sleep Number 360 is regarded as the first bed in the world intended to help you fall asleep faster. And also, has proven to offer more peaceful sleep. This smart bed has the best and newest feature to creates your own personal microclimate which first gradually warms the person’s feet and then, it balances surface temperature to keep the one delightfully asleep all night. It has this feature that lets you choose the firmness of your mattress and make sleep more comfortable for you.
You install an app on your phone and use it to optimizes the features of the bed. The SleepIQ score, restful sleep time, keeps you updated on your overall health, measures your heart rate, breathing rate, and movement, and shows your overall sleep health over time.
According to my the best feature of this smart bed is if you have this habit of snoring, it slightly raises your head to help lessen mild snoring. So, you can’t deny that this is the magical bed you always wanted in your room, isn’t it?.
These smart home gadgets are just the start of a smart home era. there are hundreds of other products under construction which will be launched in coming years and will make our life easy and comfortable. Till then we have to invest in these magical gadgets to improve our lifestyle.
So, which one you gonna buy this year?
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