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FOR FULL REVIEWS OF THE BEST SMART HOME DEVICES, VISIT STUFF.TV/TOP-10/SMART-HOME-DEVICES

Amazon Echo Dot with Clock

£35 / stuff.tv/EchoDotClock

Amazon’s Echo Dot smart home

assistant has for a long time been

one of the best bargains in tech;

now you can get one with a clock

on it for a few quid extra. And with

solid Alexa performance, the Echo

Dot with Clock is really difficult to

fault at this price.

Amazon Echo (3rd gen)

£65 / stuff.tv/AmazonEcho

The 2nd-generation Echo was a

great-value smart speaker... right

until you asked it to play music.

But that shortcoming has been

thoroughly addressed in v3, which

is basically an Echo Plus without

the ZigBee connectivity. It’s a fine

listener and a fine speaker.

Google Nest Mini

+++++£29 / stuff.tv/NestMini

Louder and cleverer than ever... and it’ll only

improve over time with updates.

Tado Smart Thermostat

+++++from £180 / stuff.tv/TadoV3Plus

This heating system roasts the competition

with its blend of simplicity and smarts.

Ring Indoor Cam

+++++£49 / stuff.tv/RingIndoor

This cute little spy-cam is a bona fide bargain for

anyone with security worries.

Philips Hue Starter Kit

+++++from £70 (white) / stuff.tv/PhilipsHue

Become an indoor god with the smartest way

of lighting up your home remotely.

Nest Learning Thermostat (3rd gen)

+++++£175 / stuff.tv/Nest3

A simple and mess-free smart thermostat with

Alexa compatibility.

Brisant-Secure Ultion Smart

+++++from £229 / stuff.tv/UltionSmart

Tradition and tech partner up in a smart lock to

please everyone.

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Echo Show 8

£70 / stuff.tv/EchoShow8

This could be the right smart display for a lot

of people. It’s big enough for comfortable video

chatting, and to have drivers that can fill rooms

with music. Its display may not look as refined

as some, and the sound won’t worry Sonos,

but it is good enough in every area to justify

its price. We just wish Amazon could find a way

to iron out the politics that mean we don’t get

YouTube and Netflix app compatibility.

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O NOW ADD THIS

Neato Botvac Connected D7

Say “Alexa, do the vacuuming”

and Neato’s latest robo-vac will

clean up all your dead skin cells.

£799 / neatorobotics.com

Stuff says +++++

The Alexa home invasion continues

apace with this superb smart display

Stuff says +++++

For a smart speaker under the £100

mark, you can’t argue with this Echo

Stuff says +++++

It’s hard to see how the Echo Dot

could get much better than this

Multiple Echo Shows

can act as video

walkie-talkies for

communicating with

lazy housemates.

There’s no YouTube

or Netflix app support,

but you can access

both services via the

device’s Silk browser.

TIPS &

TRICKS

Creating a ‘routine’

lets you trigger

multiple smart home

devices with a single

voice prompt.

HOT

BUY

Dyson 360 Heurist

++++,£800 / stuff.tv/Heurist

Dyson’s intelligent robo-vac is really pretty

great at sucking (in a good way).

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