In an iPhone household, this is simply the default tracker for keys, a bag, or checked luggage. The second-gen AirTag taps the Find My network to locate what you've misplaced, and upgraded Ultra Wideband and Bluetooth chips push both ping range and Precision Finding farther — now with step-by-step directions on Apple Watch as well as iPhone. A 50% louder speaker makes the last few feet easier, and you can temporarily share an item's location with trusted contacts or over 50 airline partners. Battery lasts more than a year and swaps easily. The catch is obvious: it's built for Apple, so Android users should look elsewhere.

Think of the Chime 2 as the part of an Arlo setup that lives indoors. It plugs into any outlet, connects straight to Wi-Fi with no base station, and turns doorbell rings and camera motion into audible alerts you'll actually hear from across the house. Pick from a range of melodies, set the volume, or drop it into silent mode. The 80-plus-decibel siren can fire automatically on motion or audio, or be triggered from the app as a deterrent. This is an accessory, not a standalone camera—it only earns its keep if you already run a compatible Arlo doorbell or camera, so check the compatibility list first.

The doorbell that thinks before it pings you. On-device intelligence tells people from packages from animals from vehicles, so the alerts you get are the ones that matter, and the battery means you can mount it anywhere—or hardwire it if you'd rather. The tall HD view shows a visitor head to toe and catches a box on the step, and three free hours of event history work with no subscription before Nest Aware adds more. The catch: it's happiest in the Google Home world, battery models can't record 24/7, and the richest features want a paid plan. The natural pick if your home already speaks Google—and a clean match for a Nest-based setup.

Amazon's own-brand plug is the no-frills, low-cost way to make a lamp, fan, heater, or coffee maker smart — provided you live in Alexa's world. Setup is quick, with a zero-touch option that links the plug to your account at checkout, and there are no hubs or third-party apps: everything happens in the Alexa app. From there you flip devices remotely, build routines, and schedule by clock time or even sunrise and sunset. The compact body sits in one socket without blocking the other. The honest caveat is the flip side of that simplicity — it's built around Alexa, so it's right only if Alexa runs your home.

Orbi's reputation is coverage, and the 370 brings that into Wi-Fi 7 at the most accessible price in the line. Rated up to 5 Gbps with roughly 1.7x the speed of Wi-Fi 6 while staying backward compatible, it's a true whole-home mesh handling 4K streaming, video calls, and gaming at once across many devices. Dual-band with Enhanced Backhaul keeps the link between units steady so speeds hold room to room, and security comes built in with automatic firmware updates and Advanced Router Protection. Two notes: it's a mesh system, not a modem, and a separate 2.5 Gbps-capable modem may be needed. A sensible entry into Wi-Fi 7 mesh.

Seven touch-reactive hexagons that turn a blank wall into the centerpiece of a room. They mount with included tape—no drilling—and snap together into any layout you can dream up, with 16 million colors and a built-in music-sync mode that pulses to whatever's playing. They work with Alexa and Google Assistant through the Nanoleaf app. The honest catch: this is accent lighting, not a room's main light, and a large layout adds up fast at roughly $20 per extra panel.

The Outdoor 4 XR exists for one reason: range. Its Sync Module XR runs cameras on the 900MHz band instead of Wi-Fi alone, which Blink rates at up to 1,000 feet open-air (400 typical)—four times farther—with 20% quicker live-view access and up to 70% fewer disconnects. That's the answer for sheds, driveways, and far corners where standard cameras drop out. You still get up to two years on the included lithium AAs at distance, control of up to 10 devices from the app, and a choice of cloud storage or local recording to a MicroSD card. For large or congested properties, this is the version that holds up.

A high-capacity self-cleaning box built for multi-cat homes—a 76-liter drum and a 7-liter sealed waste bin that one cat can fill for roughly two weeks before you touch it. xSecure infrared and weight sensors plus app alerts guard the cat mid-cycle, with auto, scheduled, and manual modes. Trade-offs: a large footprint, and it really wants clumping clay litter, which limits your options.

Three physical buttons that fire whole routines—single press, double press, and hold, each programmable—so 'goodnight' kills the lights, locks the door, and drops the thermostat from a button by the bed. They work with Alexa, Matter, HomeKit, and SmartThings, with reusable adhesive mounts and no wiring. The note for reliability: full remote automation is most dependable paired with a Flic Hub, which adds cost.

Restaurant-perfect doneness made foolproof—1,100 watts and an 8-liter-per-minute flow rate heat a big batch fast, a dual-band Wi-Fi connection and two-line touchscreen let you start and monitor from the app, and the clamp fits most pots you already own. It's how you nail a steak edge to edge every time. The learning curve is real: sous vide means vacuum bags and long, patient cook times.

The D20 Plus hits the value sweet spot: most of the flagship convenience without the flagship price. Its 5L self-emptying dock means up to 150 days between bag changes — genuinely set-and-forget for busy or pet-heavy homes — and 13,000Pa Vormax suction with an anti-tangle DuoBrush handles long hair and fur without you picking strands off the roller. It vacuums and mops in one pass with adjustable suction and fine-grained water control, and Pathfinder mapping builds editable maps that support no-go zones and multiple floors. Voice control works across Alexa, Siri, and Google Home. Worth noting it pairs only over 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, so position your router accordingly during setup.

A hardwired smoke and CO alarm that hides a premium ceiling speaker and full Alexa inside the same disc—so the safety device you're required to have also plays music and answers questions. It interconnects with compatible hardwired BRK and First Alert detectors so they all sound together. The trade-offs are real: it needs a hardwired install, and it costs far more than a standalone detector.

A corner floor lamp that leans on RGBIC addressing, meaning each segment can show a different color at once for gradients and multicolor effects rather than one flat hue, a genuinely dramatic accent for a gaming setup or living room. It stands 136cm, throws up to 1,000 lumens from separate warm-white LEDs for everyday light, and offers millions of colors across 85 dynamic scenes. A music-sync mode shifts color and brightness to your audio for movies or parties. Control runs through the Govee Home app or Alexa and Google voice. One note: it's 2.4GHz Wi-Fi only, and assembly stacks four aluminum pole sections onto the base.

The pick when you'd rather not live inside Amazon's interface. Roku's home screen is famously plain and even-handed, putting your apps front and center without steering you toward one service. It streams 4K with vivid HDR, and the hardware is tidy: the stick powers from the TV's own USB so there's no wall plug, and the slim design won't block the neighboring HDMI port. The included remote handles TV power and volume and takes voice search. All the top apps live in one place, and a travel-friendly setup lets you take your logins to a hotel TV without signing into someone else's account. Simple, fast, and refreshingly neutral.

If color depth is the point, the SuperColor A21 is LIFX at full strength: 1,600 lumens of deeply saturated RGB across billions of shades, with CRI 90 rendering and a wide 210-degree beam that actually fills a room rather than spotlighting one corner. Tunable white sweeps from crisp 9000K daylight down to a warm 1500K for circadian-friendly evenings, and the app adds themes, scheduled scenes, plus music sync. The practical win is no hub — it pairs over Wi-Fi with native HomeKit (via Matter), Alexa, Google Home, and SmartThings, so there's no bridge to buy. The tradeoff is the usual one: each bulb sits on your Wi-Fi directly.

A rechargeable, IPX6-waterproof kitchen scale that doubles as a nutrition tracker—weigh an ingredient and the VeSync app serves up 19 nutrition facts, syncing to Apple Health and Fitbit, in grams or ounces. For anyone counting macros, it's the missing piece. The honest limit: the nutrition tracking depends on logging each food in the app, which gets tedious if you just want a quick weight.