Holidays and Christmas are fast approaching, and pretty soon, you will all be in the mood for celebrating. You will visit family and friends, have a big fat feast, and exchange gifts. Ah! Gifts. If one thing can capture the essence of Christmas, it is the gifts. The big, the small, the medium-sized packages; Under the tree, inside the socks; wrapped in green and tied in pink. In all shapes and forms, comes its surprise and then its delight. It reminds us of the saying that the love that is given is twice the best, and gifts are nothing but love in form. Thus there is so much pressure in picking a great gift for people in your life.
As people can be different in their likings and personalities, what each considers as a great gift will also be different. However, homes are upgrading into automation with smart devices and suitably giving homeowners such smart devices as gifts will get them started with smart homes (if they already haven’t). And if they already have a smart home, then your diligent pick of a smart device gift can extend their repertoire. No matter their likings and personality, here is a list of diverse smart home devices that can make a great gift for anyone in your life.
Top Smart Devices Gift Options
Rowenta Aqua Perfect HU5230 Humidifier
For Who? Anyone who lives in the driest part of the country and is fed up with using a damper to give their home little humidity, even in the festival season.
If you are a local to New Zealand or Australia, you might know that unlike the rest of the world, the month of December does not winter in the Trans-Tasman but a dry, hot summer. And so Christmas is also the most sun-baked event of the year. Because of this reason, the Rowenta Aqua Perfect HU5230 Humidifier can be the perfect choice for the gift that can bring humidity into your home. Even in winter, it subdues the dry skin and calms the sinuses. Its foldable handle makes it easy to carry it from one place to another. It can automatically adjust the humidity to the room’s temperature, or you can do it yourself using the dedicated app.
GE Smart Microwave
For Who? Anyone who loves home-cooked food but does not have the cookbooks by heart. Or if they live alone, busy with their vocation and don’t have time to be Gordan Ramsey.
Microwaves have made life easier for many people in the kitchen, so think about how a smart microwave can help you. GE Smart Microwave ovens are easy food processors that are powered by SmartHQ wifi technology to help your life in the kitchen simple and fast. It can be controlled by voice control through Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. Also, using the GE Appliances Kitchen app, you can have precise cooking instructions for the packed foods when the barcode is scanned.
Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Toothbrush
For Who? Anyone who is high on hygiene and wishes to have well-advised teeth brushing experience.
Manual toothbrushes are a thing of the past. It is surprising how some people still use manual toothbrushes. Maybe it is because electric toothbrushes haven’t put forth any compelling reason for you to make the change. But Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Toothbrush may well be the change you want to see. DiamondClean promises whiter teeth and healthier gums within a week through a 2-minute brushing every day. It removes 7x more plaque than the manual toothbrush, and with the smart app assistance, you can take your brushing game to the next level.
SmartThings Wifi Smart Plug
For Who? Anyone who is just building a home and wants to make it a smart home.
SmartThings Wifi Smart Plug can be the best early smart home device to give if you are just building your home or if you are getting started with a smart home. With these smart plugs, you can turn on and off the power to your lights and all the other appliances with just a touch in your SmartThings mobile app. And if you populate your smart home exclusively with these smart plugs, then you won’t even need a smart home hub to control the power.
The Glow Light by Casper
For Who? Anyone who has a tough time falling asleep for stress, work, or any other reason.
It is challenging for most people to go to bed on time, and even if they go to bed on time, it is tough to conjure sleep. There can be many reasons for this; stress can be one, and our body’s programming to work during the light and sleep during the dark can be the other. This phenomenon of how light controls our body’s readiness to sleep and work is called Circadian rhythm ( read more about this in “Why we sleep by Matthew Walker”). So, with The Glow Light by Casper, you will be lulled into a better deep sleep with its warm dimming lights, which can be controlled by the Casper app.
Aera Smart Diffuser
For Who? Anyone who understands how an aroma can give a fresh start to their day but can’t turn their home into a flower-breathing garden.
An aroma has the psychological impact on our brain to induce serotonin, which is the crucial hormone that stabilises our mood, happiness and our feeling of well being. Knowing how important it is, an Aera Smart Diffuser can be the best gift choice for your well being. It can diffuse aroma through the micro-droplet technology and also make the fragrance consistent in the area of your home. Like all other smart home devices, these smart diffusers can also be easily controlled using the mobile app.
Amazon Echo dot 4th gen
For Who? Anyone interested but has not yet started in the idea of a smart home.
If you haven’t got started in the concept of smart home, then the Amazon Echo dot 4th gen can be a perfect choice of a gift to get started in smart home automation. These smart speakers and beginner-friendly and use Alexa to execute voice commands. From making calls, checking the weather, to connecting with other smart devices, these are the most necessary smart home devices anybody should have. Samsung smart things and Google Nest are other similar smart hubs that can perform as well as the Echo.
To Wrap It Up
This Christmas, you can give smart devices and help your people transform their homes into smart homes or help the existing smart homeowners extend their repertoire. No matter their likings and personalities, automation devices in the smart home market have something for everyone.
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