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These smart home gadgets will make your life easier — and they’re currently on sale

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Who couldn’t use a gadget or two to help make life around the house simpler, safer and more efficient? Smart home gadgets on Amazon run the gamut from vacuum robots to self-regulating thermostats, and they’re getting more advanced all the time. Plus, you can often get them at a steep discount.

We’ve rounded up 10 smart gadgets that would be valuable for anyone’s home, covering a wide variety of needs, with the emphasis on quality and value. Pick up gadgets that will impress the neighbors and improve your home life while they’re on sale!

QINLIANF 5 Outlet Extender

Get surge protection for up to five devices, plus four USB charge ports, with this compact outlet extender. With its modular angled design, the extender fits snugly into any duplex outlet, and at 35% off retail price, it’s also a great deal!

Original Price: $19.98

Sale Price: $12.97 (35% off)

Google Nest Learning Thermostat

Save on electric bills and stay comfortable with this smart home gadget, which programs itself — just use it for a week, and it learns your routines to maintain optimal temperatures around the clock. You can also control the thermostat from anywhere and monitor energy usage using the mobile app. Best of all, it’s now available for $70 off the retail price.

Original Price: $249.99

Sale Price: $173.89 (30% off)

SECRUI Wireless Doorbell

This remote control doorbell uses FM signals to ensure no interference when you use it. You won’t lack for ring chimes either, as it comes with 58 tones to choose from, and it’s durable enough to withstand temperatures from -4 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit.

Original Price: $17.99

Sale Price: $14.99 (with $3 coupon)

SwitchBot Smart Switch Button Pusher

Sometimes the coolest home gadgets are the simplest, like this smart switch button pusher, which you can use with any rocker switch or one-way button to control light and power switches from your phone. For full voice control from anywhere in the house, you can also pair the SwitchBot with Alexa and a SwitchBot hub. There’s no better time to get this handy gadget, as it’s currently on sale for 25% off.

Original price: $29.99

Sale Price: $22.49 (25% off)

Kasa Smart Light Bulbs

What’s better than a smart light bulb? How about a small light bulb that has 16 million colors? These Kasa bulbs not only give you full control of illumination, dimming and color through a mobile app, but you can program your lights for special occasions like parties, or create schedules for lighting throughout the day.

Original price: $39.99

Sale Price: $24.99 (38% off)

Smtcsl 3 in 1 Wireless Charging Station

For a charger that doesn’t get unwieldy with extra cords, our pick is the Smtscl, a sleek, simple charger that can simultaneously charge iPhones and other QI-enabled phones, AirPods and Watches. You can detach the magnetic pack from the base for convenient wireless phone charging on the go, and at 27% off, now’s the time to add it to your cart.

Original price: $44.99

Sale price: $32.99 (27% off)

eufy Robot Vacuum 11S MAX

Who can’t use a robot vacuum around the house? The eufy handles carpets and wood floors equally well, with specific cleaning modes to take care of edges and spots. Its BoostIQ technology increases suction power when needed, and a single charge can get you up to 100 minutes of usage. And with $110 off the price, it’s a smart buy as well as a smart vacuum.

Original Price: $249.99

Sale Price: $139.99 (with $110 coupon)

Echo Show 8

For a video monitor that does way more than just show video, the Echo Show 8 is a great addition to your home. Whether you need to display recipes while cooking, make hands-free calls, keep up with reminders, access video streaming apps like Netflix and Prime Video, or control other smart devices in your home, this 8-inch monitor does it all.

Original price: $149.99

Sale Price: $104.99 (30% off)

WHALL Touch Screen Toaster

If you’re sick of the guesswork that sometimes goes into using a toaster, then you’re going to love the WHALL toaster — just enter your bread type and shade setting, and the WHALL does the rest. It also has useful defrost and reheat modes, and its 1.5-inch wide slot can handle everything from regular bread to waffles and bagels. And at nearly $100 off, it’s one steal of a home gadget.

Original price: $145.00

Sale Price: $50.99 (65% off)

SwitchBot Automatic Curtain Opener

It just takes a few minutes to turn plain old curtains into “smart” curtains with this neat home gadget. Using easy-to-attach magnets and mobile app control, this curtain opener works well with curtains weighing up to 30+ pounds, and you can sync it with home assistants like Alexa, Google Home or Siri for full voice control. It’s also a fantastic deal since it’s currently 30% off!

Original price: $89.99

Sale Price: $62.99 (30% off)

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This story was originally published September 20, 2024 at 6:00 AM.

Ho Lin
McClatchy Commerce
Ho Lin is a content writer at McClatchy. He has over two decades of experience in content strategy, creation, and development, ranging from subjects such as anime and manga to military benefits, job search advice and AI evaluation. Ho is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and holds a M.A. in Creative Writing from Johns Hopkins University. Ho also writes both fiction and non-fiction; his books include China Girl and Bond Movies: A Retrospective.
Abby Kass
McClatchy Commerce
Abby Kass is a Commerce Content Editor at McClatchy covering kids/babies, pets, beauty, and more. With more than seven years experience writing and editing shopping content, Abby has a strong understanding of how important commerce content really is and its important value to readers. She loves browsing online and finding innovative, unique, and just down-right cool products. Before McClatchy, Abby started her career working for Parents Magazine where she fell in love with writing about products. She then spent six years at BuzzFeed falling deeper into the shopping world writing more than 1,500 product roundups and reviews. She sees shopping as a sport and has worked hard at mastering it in order to help make people’s lives easier as they find cool and useful products.
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