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Whether you’re shopping for someone who’s new to home automation or already has a well-connected smart home, investing in smart devices can save your friends and family time and energy. If you’re unsure what gadgets fit into the home automation category, or you’re searching for gift ideas for a loved one, read our guide below for our recommendations on the best smart home gifts available.
To make navigating our roundup a little easier, you’ll find we’ve listed the products in order of price, starting with the most affordable devices.
How We Selected the Best Smart Home Gifts
To provide our readers with the best recommendations possible, we rely on several key sources of information to help guide our selection process.
Initial Research: Our research process began by generating a list of home tech gifts with a significant number of verified-buyer reviews and an average customer review rating of 4–5 stars. We looked at positive and negative reviews alike, focusing on information from both satisfied and critical buyers.
Expert Insights: Through our years of experience, we’ve learned that listening to what others have to say is key to building accurate, well-rounded articles. To complement our in-house expertise, our team looked at reviews and videos from trusted publications and independent testers, spoke with subject matter experts, and drew insights from reader contributions.
Final Product Selection: We then began fine-tuning our list by replacing older models with the latest versions and eliminating any discontinued models. From there, we pared the list down further by comparing each model’s feature set and selecting the best-in-class options for a variety of buyers, budgets, and scenarios.
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