5 Best Smart Home Devices that’ll Make Your Life Easier at Home

Where to Buy: Xiaomi

Price Range: PhP599 to PhP12,000

Maintaining a clean household can be time-consuming, but the good thing here is the modern home device, the robot vacuum cleaner, to the rescue. Robot vacuum cleaners are more prevalent home appliances these days because they keep the household quickly cleaned. Robot vacuums are one of the most recommended smart home devices making cleaning less tedious.

This automatic smart device at home is a self-propelled floor cleaner that moves and works independently. Usually, these modern home devices have spinning and rolling brushes that function together to collect dust and dirt, which are then contained inside their waste bin. A robot vacuum cleaner also has sensors that can detect anything that blocks its way, can be cordless, and works with different brush types depending on the surface it cleans. This home appliance also automatically finds areas in your home that need cleaning.

Where to Buy: Xiaomi

Price Range: PhP950 to PhP2,000

Homeowners with a knack for saving electricity in their houses will purchase this best smart home device—the smart power strip. With the help of this modern home device, you can reduce the electric power consumed by your electrical appliances by automatically shutting down the power of objects in your home in standby mode. This smart home device has a range of bells and whistles, electrical outlets, and circuits in charge of monitoring and controlling outlets. You should know that electrical home appliances like your television, cable box, and laptops still use energy when turned off. But, when you use a smart power strip, electrical energies are cut off, which will help you save money since a smart power strip automatically detects a home appliance or a device in standby status.

With this modern home device, you can schedule your home appliances at whatever time, using your mobile phone or automated voice to control it.

Where to Buy: Instant Pot website (https://www.instanthome.com/) or Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/instantpot/)

Price Range: PhP6,495 to PhP10,510

The Instant Pot Smart Wi-Fi Pressure Cooker or Multi-Functional Smart Cooker is a smart home device that does what nine appliances can. This home appliance can function as a sauté pan, a slow cooker, a rice cooker, a pressure cooker, a steamer, a food warmer, a cake maker, a yogurt maker, and a sterilizer. The smart program of this smart cooker lets you set the device, and you can safely leave it behind while doing other things. You will not just experience the convenience and easy cooking; you can also declutter your kitchen and do everything you need for cooking with just one device.

Another convenient function of this modern home device is the advanced microprocessor which monitors the temperature, time, pressure, heat intensity, and duration. The volume of this home appliance is also automatically adjusted to ensure that your food is cooked perfectly.

Where to Buy: Ace Hardware, Citi Hardware, Digital Home website (https://www.digitalhome.ph/)

Price Range: PhP4,590 to PhP19,990

Suppose you want to convert your home into a smart home; smart locks are one of the must-have smart home devices you can purchase. Smart door locks have unique safety systems for top-notch security in your home. Even when you are out of your house, you can keep an eye on your home with this modern home device installed in your house. People purchase smart locks not only for added security but also to make life convenient and worry-free. Varying smart locks are available in the market, but usually, smart locks have features like remote access, Wi-Fi connectivity, and advanced security mechanisms.

This smart home device can be connected to your phone via Bluetooth and would only lock and unlock automatically if you are near. You can also connect your smart door locks via Wi-Fi; in this instance, you can access the locks wherever your location is. Some locks can also enable virtual keys to the door; this modern home device is giving you leverage to provide access to people you choose so that you won’t need to duplicate the keys.

Where to Buy: Ace Hardware, Philips Hue website (https://www.philips-hue.com/en-ph)

Price Range: PhP470 to PhP1,500

Next on our list of smart home devices, the Smart light switches usually function with your smart home lighting and conveniently let you quickly operate multiple lights. They are designed to work automatically with smart systems and can be controlled with your smart device at home. You can opt to schedule when your lights will turn on or turn off, when to go dim or become brighter. With this modern home device, you can also save energy because this smart home device lets you automatically control the lights in your home whenever you want, reducing your energy bill.

Thinking of upgrading your security? Then smart light switches can also help you with that. Smart light switches also have remote control features that can help you secure your home by lighting or dimming your lights, even if you are out for grocery or at work. You can still control this modern home device for added security in your home.

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