15 Popular Smart Home Gifts for Your Favorite Geek

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It seems with all the tech out there, not only are our kids getting smarter, but so are our homes. Smart home technology allows us to do common household tasks with the click, swipe or even just a word. It makes our lives so much easier, and lots of geeks (like yours truly) are transforming our homes slowly, but surely. That's why these smart home gifts a great choice for the techie in your life.

These top smart home products that would make wonderful gifts for anyone who embraces the advancements in technology and wants a smart home.

1) Smart Plant Touch Control Musical Flowerpot

This fun Smart Plant is perfect for any room of the house. The plant is a touch-controlled night light that will also allow you to play music by touching the leaves. As you touch the different leaves, the plant will play a piano sound and each leaf sounds a bit different.

2) Smart Wi-Fi Essential Oil Diffuser

An intelligent diffuser that’s controlled by it’s companion app. With the app you can control the color, mist intensity, timer settings, and more from your phone. It’s also Alexa and Google Home compatible.

3) Bose Home Speaker with Alexa Voice Control

Bose allows you to fill any room with wall to wall stereo sound. This particular Bose Home Speaker has a built-in voice assistant to help you take it to a whole new level.

4) Smart Charging Stand for Apple Watch

This 4 in 1 Apple watch stand is a smart charger that charges your Apple watch and iPhone. It also serves as a great organizational stand for your other small Apple products.

5) Culinary Precision Cooker

The precision cooker allows anyone to cook like a pro and is perfect for hands-off cooking. The cooker can also be controlled from your smart devices and you can receive notifications of when your food is ready.

6) Shark Robot Vacuum

The Shark Robot Vacuum brings you the ease of automatic cleaning. The vacuum includes smart sensors which adapt to obstacles and can help the robot navigate on all types of floors.

7) Sunrise Alarm Clock

Not your typical alarm clock, this smart clock is also known for helping you improve your sleep and relax as you drift off to dreamland. The light gradually gets brighter and brighter until it’s time for the alarm to go off.

8) Smart Thermostat

This smart thermostat has Alexa built-in and can help save on heating or cooling costs. The thermostat includes room sensors that you can place throughout your home and can be set to change for comfort when your home or for savings when you’re not home.

9) All-In-One Smart Voice WiFi Band Router

Another Alexa built-in device that is a smart speaker and router all in one. You can connect all of your smart devices throughout the home and it offers advanced parental controls with website filters and scheduling.

10) Portal from Facebook

Portal from Facebook is a smart camera and chat service that allows you to video call friends and family on both the Facebook messenger and the WhatsApp. It has Alexa built in so you can enjoy your favorite music, get the weather or anything else Alexa has to offer.

11) Smart Wifi Instant Pot

The Instant Pot replaces up to 8 different kitchen appliances and can be controlled with the Instant Pot app or through voice with Alexa. With the smart features, you’ll have access to over 1,000 pre-programmed recipes and more.

12) Ring Video Doorbell

The Ring Video Doorbell allows you to be alerted when your doorbell is pressed, or motion is detected. You can talk to visitors through compatible Echo devices and speak to visitors from your phone, tablet, and PC.

13) MyQ Smart Garage Door Opener

With the Smart Garage Door Opener, you can open or close your garage door in real-time from anywhere through your smartphone.

14) AmazonBasics Smart Microwave

If you have an Echo device, this AmazonBasics microwave can be operated through Alexa. You can also have it automatically reorder popcorn when you’re running low through the Amazon Dash services.

15) Vector Robot by Anki

Vector is a home robot who hangs out and helps out when needed. He's voice-activated and will answer questions, take photos, time dinner for you, show you the weather and much more. You can also set up Alexa to set reminders or control smart home devices.