Maintaining a home is no easy feat. On any given day there seems to be an endless list of tedious tasks for us to keep track of, on top of everything else on our plates. Thankfully, over the past few years tech products have been introduced that promise to help our lives run more smoothly and efficiently.
These days a smart home is a happy home, but with so many items on the market to choose from, it’s easy for it to feel more like technological chaos rather than help. So where do you begin and what products do you actually need?
From gadgets that help you breathe better and promise to keep you safe to options that vow to up your organization skills, we’ve rounded up a few essential items you should have in your arsenal to make sure your crib is the smartest in the hood and make this adulting thing feel like a breeze.
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Protecting the air inside your home is just as important as protecting your actual home. With Awair, you can track invisible dust particles and chemicals in the air and learn how to improve the quality so that you and your family can literally live and breathe better.
Fighting over who gets to control the temperature in your home? This smart thermostat eliminates battles by allowing you to do things like pre-set cooling and heating schedules for your crib, set different temperatures for different rooms and more. You can also save money and the planet by reviewing your energy history in the accompanying app to learn how to use less energy.
Forget lugging around bulky keychains or handing out emergency spare keys, with this Wi-Fi-enabled deadbolt, you can lock and unlock your doors using your phone and control access to your home by assigning special codes for trusted friends, family members and children. You can even connect your lock to a smart home assistant like Google Nest.
Daily foot traffic in your home means that your floors are in constant need of cleaning, but after a long day of work, who has the time? Now with the Roomba 690, you can clean your floors with the touch of a button on your phone from almost anywhere in the world, and the Wi-Fi connected robot vacuum will do the rest.
Having a smart home can feel a bit overwhelming at first. With so many gadgets to control, it’s easy to lose track of what’s working on what. Thankfully with the Google Nest Hub Max you can connect most of your smart home items in one central location so that you can control your home from one place. Smart, right?
