The 33 best smart home gifts for 2024
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Amazon’s semispherical Echo Pop is one of the most affordable ways to add some Alexa-enabled smarts to your home. Aside from being a good speaker, the Pop’s got a lot of other tricks under its sleeve, allowing you to control other smart devices with your voice, set alarms, and even boost your Wi-Fi coverage as an Eero mesh Wi-Fi extender.
Price: $17.99
Meross Smart Wi-Fi Garage Door Opener
Meross’ garage door remote is easy to set up and allows you to control an existing garage door opener from wherever you may be using either your voice or the Meross app. The basic device is compatible with more than 1,600 different models, too, and this premium HomeKit-compatible version integrates nicely with iPhones for speedier operation.
Price: $27.99+
Outer Order, Inner Calm
You can adorn your living space with all sorts of slick gadgets and beautiful decor, but in a messy home, it’s just going to feel like even more clutter. In Outer Order, Inner Calm, bestselling author Gretchen Rubin teaches readers how to clear out their home based on what’s realistic for them and their lifestyle, offering dozens of practical tips and illustrations so that decluttering eventually turns into a habit.
Price: $9.03+
Bonsai Tree Light
Not many night lights look like bonsai trees, but that’s the beauty of the Bonsai Tree Light. The tree-shaped light makes for the perfect piece of festive decor, one that you can also use throughout the year. It also does a good job of illuminating the bedroom with a warm, soothing light that’s not too bright, so you can unwind comfortably.
Price: $15.80
Oxo Salad Spinner
The Oxo Salad Spinner is a handy kitchen tool, quickly washing and drying arugula, kale, romaine, and other salad greens perfectly with the press of a button. Its basket even doubles as a colander, so you can use it to wash or drain pasta, vegetables, and other foods, too.
Price: $24.00+
Mini Ikebana Kit
A bouquet is nice, but Kikkerland’s DIY showpiece is a more unique gift for the flower lover in your life. The inexpensive kit revolves around the Japanese art of flower arrangement, Ikebana, which emphasizes minimalism and aims to capture the fleeting beauty of nature. It contains everything your giftee needs to build their own arrangement, including a ceramic vase, shears, a flower frog, and a towel.
Price: $20
Untitled (Be Mine), 1987 Poster
One of the most iconic street artists in the US, Keith Haring’s bold and vibrant work is recognizable worldwide. Untitled (Be Mine) is one of his more popular works, depicting two figures who can’t be identified by race, gender, or age in a hug — a powerful message that love has no restrictions.
Price: $35
Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug Slim (four-pack)
Kasa’s Smart Wi-Fi Plug Slim is a good gift for people who want to dip their feet in the smart home. It’s easy to use and adds smarts to electronics your giftee already owns, so they can set schedules and even control holiday lights, coffee makers, lamps, and other gadgets with their voice via Siri, Amazon Alexa, and Google Assistant.
Price: $29.99
White Eucalyptus & Sage candle
The White Eucalyptus & Sage candle brings a bit of the spa experience home, filling the room with scents specifically designed to relax like white eucalyptus, mineral sage, and frozen pine. It burns up to 45 hours, too, keeping your house smelling fresh for days.
Price: $26.95
Lifx SuperColor Smart Light
Lifx’s SuperColor smart bulb can brighten up even the darkest days of winter. The 1,600-lumen bulb will illuminate your home with color and comes with all kinds of preset scenes for setting the mood. The bulb supports Matter, too, so you can easily control them with the smart home platform of your choice.
Price: $39.98
Google TV Streamer (4K)
Now that the days are getting darker, chances are your giftee is about to spend a lot more time on Netflix. Thankfully, the new Google TV Streamer 4K boasts onboard Google Assistant, easy-to-use smart home controls, and the best interface of any streaming device available. The set-top box even features a handy button for pinging the remote, giving it an edge over your couch.
Price: $99.99
Vornado VH200 Whole Room Heater
Vornado’s electric VH200 Whole Room Heater is the perfect gift for those days when it’s so cold, even bundling up with a blanket and sweater isn’t enough. It’s small and highly portable, yet powerful enough to heat up an average-sized room. It also comes with three heat settings so you can dial in the perfect temperature, along with an automatic shut-off function for extra safety in case you forget to turn it off.
Price: $62+
Pawsync Smart Pet Feeder
If your pet is getting a little porky, this smart pet feeder will keep them on track. It dispenses precise amounts based on their nutritional needs every mealtime, and a built-in scale automatically adjusts the portion if there’s food in the bowl. Plus, you get a meal report every time they eat, telling you how much they ate and how long it took them to chow down.
Price: $79.99+
UGG Dasha Throw
The reversible UGG Dasha Throw is a cozy gift anyone would appreciate. Made from plush fabric on one side and microfleece on the other, the soft blanket is made to provide warmth and comfort anywhere you take it. The 50 x 70-inch cover comes in several attractive hues, too, so you can choose one that won’t look out of place in the living room or bedroom.
Price: $67.99
Ember Mug 2
Coffee is the most important meal of the day, not breakfast, which makes finding the perfect drinking vessel all the more important. The Ember Mug 2 lets you lock in your desired temperature via a companion app for up to 90 minutes or indefinitely when using the included charging coaster, making your coffee taste great no matter when you drink it.
Price: $103.96+
Google Nest Learning Thermostat (fourth-gen)
As temperatures dip, heating bills skyrocket. Thankfully, you can help your giftee save some money this winter with Google’s latest Nest Learning Thermostat. The fourth-gen smart thermostat can learn and adapt to your habits over time, but unlike prior models, it sports a handsome Pixel Watch-like design and native support for Apple Home thanks to Matter.
Price: $259.99+
Amazon Echo Hub
Amazon’s mountable Echo Hub makes the smart home easier to navigate for everybody, from tech-averse relatives to young kids. With just a few taps of its eight-inch touchscreen, anybody can adjust a wide range of smart home gadgets, including lights, thermostats, and security devices. It also doubles as a smart home hub, with a Matter controller, Thread border router, and Zigbee support, giving you everything you need to get started with a smart home.
Price: $124.99
iRobot Roomba Combo i5
If you or someone you know could use some help cleaning up, the Roomba Combo i5 is a sensible budget pick. The robot vacuum excels at sucking up dirt and mopping hardwood floors, and it’s capable of mapping out your home so you can direct it to clean specific rooms using your phone or one of several voice assistants. It’s not a hands-free experience, but it sure is close.
Price: $279+
Google Nest WiFi Pro
Without a reliable internet connection, a smart home just can’t be smart. Google’s Nest WiFi Pro mesh router helps improve Wi-Fi speeds and reliability and covers up to 2,200 square feet per unit, ensuring your entire smart home runs smoothly. It’s futureproof, too, with support for Wi-Fi 6E, Matter, and Thread so you don’t need to worry about replacing the router anytime soon.
Price: $149.99+
Le Creuset Signature Round Dutch Oven
Loved by professional chefs and home cooks alike, Le Creuset’s Signature Round Dutch Oven is a dream gift for those who love to cook. Le Creuset makes some of the best Dutch ovens on the market, delivering exceptional heat distribution and retention. What’s more, the oven is crafted from enameled cast iron for a durability that’ll last your giftees for years to come.
Price: $299.99+
Philips Hue Twilight sleep and wake-up light
A dimmable, color-changing sleep / wake lamp, the Twilight will light up your giftee’s bedside table with dynamic lighting scenes featuring soft sunrise glows and subtle sunset hues designed to keep their circadian rhythm on track. Featuring two light sources, it can cast a subtle glow on the wall while providing a dedicated reading lamp. It syncs with the Philips Hue smart home bridge, and its two programmable buttons can control multiple Hue lights.
Price: $279.99
Eight Sleep Pod 3 (Queen)
Eight Sleep’s Pod 3 is a mattress cover packed with all kinds of cool tricks. It’s capable of figuring out and dialing in the perfect temperature for you to ensure a good night’s sleep. It’s also capable of tracking all kinds of metrics, from sleep stages to heart rate variability and even respiratory rate, so you don’t have to wear an uncomfortable fitness tracker to bed.
Price: $2,295
Thermomix TM6
Make the home chef in your life very happy with this smart kitchen gadget that is basically a digital sous-chef. A blender that can cook, the TM6 chops, whisks, steams, sautés, kneads, and doubles as a kettle, sous vide cooker, rice cooker, and slow cooker. Its guided recipes can help you whip up a whole meal or just make the perfect hollandaise for your eggs benedict.
Price: $1,499
Bosch 800 Series VeroCafe Espresso Machine
For the coffee connoisseur who has everything, this fully automatic espresso maker can make a latte with just an Alexa voice command. Your giftee can also program any of its over 35 different drink styles to run with a few words and have an Italian ristretto brewed for them hands-free — it’s like buying them an actual barista.
Price: $1,593.99+
Mill Food Recycler
The smartest garbage can on the block, the Mill can eat (almost) all your food scraps and grind them down into something more manageable and less smelly. With its sizable 6.5-liter capacity, you’re also giving the gift of not having to take the trash out so much. A win-win.
Price: $999 or $16.65 a month
Dreame Roboticmower A1
A robot lawnmower that doesn’t need a boundary wire or antenna, this sleek-looking machine can be up and running in minutes using lidar-based navigation. It will deliver perfect lawn stripes on up to half an acre for the gardener in your life, and its smarts mean it can dodge lawn furniture and rain while tackling bumpy terrain to keep your garden looking tidy.
Price: $1,999.99+
Hisense U7 Series QLED (55-inch)
Wouldn’t it be great if, after a long day of work, your TV just knew exactly what show you should binge to relax? The Hisense U7 Series QLED TV takes a crack at it, using Google’s TV software and Gemini AI to let you peruse content recommendations, read summaries, and scan reviews. It’s also just a plain good TV, with a 144Hz refresh rate, Dolby Atmos support, and other perks like a smart home control panel.
Price: $478.00+
Eppicotispai Garganelli and Gnocchi Stripper
The Eppicotispai Garganelli and Gnocchi Stripper isn’t anything fancy, but the kitchen tool will step up your pasta game. The small beechwood board comes with ridges and a paddle, enabling you to create perfectly shaped garganelli and gnocchi from home that tastes almost as good as the kind you’d get from an Italian restaurant.
Price: $10.51
Aqara Presence Sensor FP1E
This inexpensive smart sensor brings the precision of mmWave motion detection to your loved one’s smart home. A wired sensor that can detect presence through movements as minimal as breathing, it won’t turn the lights off when you’re reading on the couch. It does require a compatible Aqara hub, though.
Price: $39.99+
Govee Christmas String Lights 2
Govee’s Christmas String Lights 2 add a touch of color and magic to any Christmas tree. The smart lights offer over 130 preset lighting effects that sync with music, and Govee also includes shape matching and AI features that let you create custom light displays. Plus, its IP65 rating means you can even hang them outside, and Matter support allows you to control them with any major smart home platform.
Price: $63.99+
Hatch Restore 2
It’s hard to get out of bed on cold, dark mornings — which is precisely why your loved one will be grateful for the Hatch Restore 2. The handsome alarm clock pulls triple duty as a sound machine and sunrise lamp, one that wakes you with a simulated sunrise and peaceful-sounding alarms. It can even lull you to sleep early with white noise and guided meditation sessions.
Price: $149.99+
Ototo Nessie ladle
Cooking feels a lot less like a chore with Ototo’s Nessie ladle. I mean, how do you not smile when you see the Loch Ness Monster peeking out from inside your soup? The cute, 10-inch gag gift is great for serving soups and sauces, too, especially since it can stand on its own and features a heat-resistant silicone design.
Price: $16.95+
Sam And Mabel Stair Basket
Stairs are a common dumping ground for toys and trinkets, making it easy to rack up clutter and potentially trip. Sam and Mabel’s l-shaped baskets let you utilize two staircase steps for expanded storage, helping you to stay better organized. They also feature a side pocket for stowing smaller items and a pair of handles, so you can easily ferry your belongings to another room.
Price: $25.19
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