The Top Smart Home Gadget Releases of 2018
The age of the smart home is now fully upon us. Smart speakers were just the start and, now, we’re seeing an influx of smart lights, smart plugs, smart sensors and smart cameras. All of the newest TVs seem to have smart features and operating systems. And this year, fueled by Amazon and Google, we’ve seen smart home devices that we’ve never seen before. Yes, even smart microwaves are now a thing. Here’s our 2018 guide to getting smart.
Lighthouse costs just as much as the Nest Cam IQ and shares similar facial recognition abilities. But it could be the smartest security camera yet.
Illuminate your outdoor pathways.
The largest lighting producer in the world just announced it’s getting into the internet-making light game.
You can’t control multiple Bluetooth speakers with one Google Home, for starters.
This is Anker’s first home security camera.
It comes integrated with Alexa so you can ask it questions and stream music the same way you would with an Amazon Echo.
While it won’t grant you access to HOV lanes, Amazon Auto allows you to take Alexa with you on the road.
As Amazon’s presenter said at the company event today, no one is going to complain about having a safer home in 10 years.
This fairly simple device should be a valuable tool for busy home cooks.
Amazon’s latest product release is an exceptionally boring microwave with one very promising feature.
Facebook’s first hardware products, Portal and Portal+, are smart speakers with screens that aim to change the way we video chat. Will they?
This new device from Google allows users to search YouTube with only voice commands — and it costs a lot less than you think.
Just like that, 2018 has come and gone. Take a look back at the best of what the past 365 days had to offer in This Year in Gear
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