5 Unique Smart Home Gadgets - 2018! #Helpful Post

you guys johnathan here today we're

looking some of the coolest and most

unique smart home gadgets of 2018 before

we dive into the video though I wanna

give a huge shout out to they sponsor

ecobee and showcase their brand new

switch plus so this essentially takes

some that would normally be boring like

a light switch and transforms it into

Analects enabled motion sensing smart

switch with a bunch of tricks up its

sleeve I think this course points we're

out the bat for me though is the fact

that it looks good it's simple it's

minimal it looks like a light switch

more importantly it looks like it

belongs there so yeah at its core you

can definitely turn on or off a light

like you would with an old-school light

switch but the big thing you're getting

here is that Alexa connectivity Alexa

what's the weather like it's 64 degrees

Fahrenheit with clear skies and Sun

Alexa tell me a joke what do you call a

singing computer Adele Alexa turn on the

kettle okay Alexa order that adorably

cute Groot figure that you see in most

of my videos okay

order placed and will be delivered by

March 28th so yeah that is really cool

but it's not called a smart switch for

no reason on top of the Alexa

connectivity it also doubles as a

nightlight and there are motion sensors

built right into this thing so when you

walk away from room lights will turn off

or when you walk in they will turn on

now it's kind of a mind trip is even

though this is technically a switch to a

particular light in your house because

the Alexa connectivity it's also home

kit compatible you have control of other

smart rooms not only in the room it's in

but throughout your entire house which

is awesome also it's kind of a bonus if

you use ecobee thermostats the switch

plus has built-in temperature sensors

which can help manage hot or even cold

spots so that is the Eco be switch plus

we're gonna check that out plus a chance

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appreciated so next if you're wondering

what kettle I use with Alexa earlier

that is this the smarter I kennel kind

of a dumb name but it's a cool product

so this product is simple but it does

what it needs to do is a smart kettle

that you control to an app either an

Android or iOS the temperature is

adjustable from 20 degrees up to 100

degrees Celsius and it works a couple

different ways you can simply turn it on

or off from the app itself you can set

it to a timer so if you wanted to wake

up at 7 a.m. every morning come down to

blow out water that works you can use

home mode which will turn the kettle on

as soon as you arrive home so that's

perfect if you want to come home

some hot tea or as you saw you can

simply use your voice now it's not home

kit compatible but it doesn't work with

both Alexa and Google assistant in my

case I haven't set it for Alexa so the

main commands I can use our turn the

kettle on turn the kettle off or set the

kettle to X degrees what's also kind of

cool is there is a water level sensor

inside this so at any given time you

know how much water is inside the kettle

again it's not crazy it's not fancy but

it works really well it's simple and if

you've ever want to automate your coffee

or your tea in the morning you

definitely got to check this out next up

is the tp-link yes I said TP smart Wi-Fi

LED bulb with color-changing hue now you

guys know I love smart lighting

especially Phillips you but I get it one

it could be pricey into the idea that

you need a hub to make everything work

can be a little bit intimidating whereas

if this if you just want to buy one bulb

that's it nothing else that is all you

need to get going so this will work with

both Google assistant and Alexa so if

you like to switch plus from earlier

that makes a perfect companion the light

bulb itself will give you a range of a

super warm 2500 Kelvin up to a really

cool 9000 Kelvin

beyond the dimming ability the voice

control I think the most appealing thing

here is the ability to have colors like

you would with something like Philips

hue but again the big selling point here

is you don't need a bridge to get it to

work

I will definitely say the colors aren't

as vibrant as hue or lifx for that

matter but again for the price I think

it does a really good job and it's a

pretty solid middle ground tour you're

not spending hue or lifx money but it's

also not some no-name brand they got to

worry about the sting dying in six

months next up is the Sony L FS 50 G

which is not only a wireless Bluetooth

speaker but it also features built-in

Google assistant now as far as Tony goes

I'm a big fan when it comes to audio

whether it's headphones or speakers so I

love the idea of combining that quality

with a Google assistant speaker also not

gonna lie what drew me when I saw us at

Best Buy

was the fact that there was a clock face

on the front of the speaker I know it's

silly but I thought it was really cool

this works directly through the Google

home app so unlike the home pod this is

both iOS and Android compatible you have

360-degree sound which is awesome

because no matter where you're sitting

or your stand you're gonna get an equal

projection of the music plane its splash

proof you have touch gestures which work

really well and I think the biggest

thing here aside from the Google

assistant built-in is the fact you get

chromecast compatibility so this will

work with multi-room audio and because I

know someone out there is going to ask

doesn't sound better than the home pod

but it's also more than half the price

and it's actually a really great

competitor to the regular Google home

because of that price I actually think

it sounds better next up is the Native

union eclipse charger which is this

really beautiful circular charging

station that is way cooler than I

thought it was true store when I pick

this up I had no idea that it did what

it does and what I mean by that is it

looks like some super nice fancy charger

but when you double tap it's actually

electronic so everything in here is

motorized so the cables are nicely

tucked in they're hidden and then when

you need them it pops up that is

freaking so cool and there's also

something that is really satisfying

about that it's a great way to clean up

cables so this will fit three cables up

to six and a half feet long you have two

USB a ports and a dual function third

switch that'll go back and forth between

USB a or USB C so in my case I have a

MacBook charging along with my phones I

think native union nail looks function

but also wow factor with this one when

it's compacted by itself on a desk it

looks fantastic but when you double tap

and you see it rise up you kind of can't

help but give it a golf clap again maybe

I'm probably a little excited for this I

like things that look good but I also

like things that are really cool so this

kind of blends both of those together

it's a great way to kind of keep your

cables clean and also hidden out of the

way when you're not using them and also

charge multiple products at the same

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