Homely Calls! – Gadgets to Spruce Your House

Being a part of the modern culture, the word smart is now not only used to address a student but as a tag to each and everything that surround us. From smartphones to smart cabs, ironically these smart commodities prevent us. Still, since each one of us desires the maximum amount of rests; smarter gadgets are definitely irreplaceable parts of our lives. Smart, being the new, has also laid us in the midst of extravagant expenditures. The lust to endorse ourselves in the smart environment has drifted us towards opting for such gadgets in our residents as well. Some of the gadgets are as follows.

Best gadgets for your home!

1. Ecobee3

It is a thermostat or rather a smart thermostat which can learn your preferences and schedule and adjust the temperature of your rooms accordingly. Its presence will not only make your room smarter by reducing your involvement but will help you in saving energy. And once you’re able to heat up or cool down your house from your phone, without having to get out of bed, you won’t want to go back.

2. Philips hue

It is similar to the concept smart lighting since it works. While nobody really needs an app that turns their lights blue, hue family of devices makes it easy to adjust the mood of a room. It requires a hub to work and isn’t as colorful, but it can be dimmed from a phone, hence saving your money.

3. Nest protect

It is a connected smoke and carbon detector which looks tidier that the gray plastic chunk on your ceiling. If you are unavailable at your home and something doesn’t go right, this automatically sends up you alerts. A path light feature it consists, which gives you a light if the protect senses you walking in the dark. And if you get frustrated with the alarms, just get it disconnected.

4. Amazon echo

It is a Bluetooth speaker but its use is quite a vast in terms of its functionality. Heard about Siri or Cortana? This too works in a similar way. It is rather a digital assistant that can tell you the weather, crawl for The Web for your required window, turn on the music and set calendar events or reminders. This is still in the process of updating by the Amazon and will turn out to be one of primary aspect in future homes.

5. Belkins wemo switch

This is a special technology which makes you assured of the fact that everything will be fine in case of lightning strikes and you cannot avail to unplug your devices. They simply plug into an existing outlet, connect to your WiFi network and then allow you to turn on or off whatever is plugged into them. This helps your devices to avoid catching fire. Also, if you find the device eating up too much energy, then you can automatically shut it down. Generally, this app isn’t required when you are home.

There are many more devices which add to your room decoration and help you achieve an automated house. The prices of the devices are variable depending on the country you are residing in.