Your house is part of you and you are part of it, why not give yourself a gift for Christmas? Thanks to Smart Home technology, your home becomes a smart place that can communicate with you. If your house could talk, it could tell you how many outlets you’re losing money on, why you’re having a headache in that room, who moved the TV remote, or who’s knocking on the door without you having to go near the peephole.

If you want to use Santa Claus or the Three Wise Men to bring a gift to your home and to you, here are some products you might be interested in:

smart lighting

AND must For a connected home, choose which room you need before the light bulb, office, living room or bedroom, each has specific needs that you should consider to know if you need smart lighting or not. Once you’ve made your choice, we recommend the Trust brand as it has a wide range of models to suit any room.

• LED bulb Trust WiFi E27. This is a pack of two bulbs that you can choose between dimmable, filament or multi-color mode. It has a color temperature of 6,500 Kelvin and a luminosity of 806 lm. Thanks to its WiFi connection, it can be controlled with Alexa or Google Home, as well as from its own app, creating the environment you always need.
• Trust WiFi GU10 LED bulb. It’s also a two-pack of bulbs that you can choose between dimmable and multi-colored. The color temperature is 6500 Kelvin and the brightness is 345 lm.

intelligent environmental management

The year 2020 made us think about the air we breathe and the importance of its quality. It was the boom in purifiers, and many of them carried a quality meter, that made us realize that the air at home might not be the best in the world. Headaches, sneezing or dry throat can be caused by poor air quality, excess CO2, pollen or excess or insufficient humidity. If you are worried about this, we recommend these devices so that you don’t miss a single particle in your home:

• Netatmo smart indoor air quality meter. Easy to install and understand with the app Netatmo home trainer It is very easy to control the air quality in the room we are in, and we can also program an alert to alert us of any deficiency at that moment. This model also controls the noise and warns us when the excess can be annoying. Right now he has a 20% off on Amazon.
• Netatmo smart weather station. If we are interested in the weather outside, Netatmo also has a station that offers us weather information. It comes with an internal module, but we can also add an anemometer and a rain gauge. In addition to the information offered by the internal and external meter, we will have access to other aspects such as the barometric pressure or the level of external noise. If we supplement it with a pluviometer We will also be able to know exactly the amount of water that will fall on our garden or terrace, it also allows access to the accumulated and forecast rainfall. with anemometer You can check the wind speed and direction in real time on your smartphone.
• Ike is STARKWINDAND. Not only does it clean, but it also blends in with your furniture without coming off as a weirdly futuristic piece. Just plug it in and that’s it, it will start renewing the air in the room in which it is located, according to the identified needs. It can be regulated in up to three power levels. To make it smart, two additional items must be purchased separately: the VINDRIKTNING air sensor and TRÅDFRI, a connecting device that works with the Ikea Smart Home app.
• Humidifier SPC EVADNE. A dry environment does not go well with well-being, and sometimes you need a humidifier. In addition to being intelligent and informing you about the humidity in the room, the SPC EVADNE model also has the function of purifying water thanks to UV radiation.
• Netatmo smart smoke detector. It’s not just about checking CO2 or pollen levels, it’s also important to check whether our physical integrity is at risk. Netatmo smart smoke detectors trigger an alarm when 85dB is detected and their batteries last up to 10 years.
• Netatmo Smart Carbon Monoxide Detector. In this case, it detects carbon monoxide in real time and alerts you in the event of a leak.

Temperature regulation

Investing in intelligent temperature control inside our home can not only make our lives easier, but also save money. Before we choose one, we first of all look at whether it adapts to our type of heating, whether it is a boiler, central or electric.

• Netatmo smart thermostat. It is ideal for boilers, electricity, gas, fuel, wood or a heat pump. It has an Auto-Adapt function that takes into account the outside temperature and the thermal characteristics of your home to guarantee the desired temperature. Like the other devices we’ve recommended, it’s compatible with Google Home and Alexa.
• Google Nest. One of best sellers from Google and a safe bet if we’re looking for a thermostat. It has two models, the so-called Nest Learning Thermostat and Nest Thermostat E, the main difference between the two is that the E model is compatible with central heating boilers. Then the differences are aesthetic, the E model has a matte screen and the Learning has a full resolution color screen. Both can be controlled with Google Home or from the app.
• Netatmo intelligent radiator valves. If we don’t want or can’t change the thermostat, Netatmo gives us the option to install intelligent thermoregulation valves on our radiators. These valves open and close the radiators until they reach the desired temperature, which we configure from the Netatmo Energy app.

Presence check

Finally, we must not miss a security check in our home. Thanks to new connected home technologies, we can check the integrity of our home at any time.

• Smart Video Alarm System Netatmo. With this alarm system, we not only have a discreet and easy-to-disguise camera, but Netatmo also offers us door and window sensors with this package, which are easy to install. To run it, just plug it in, configure the app, and it’ll be ready to control any intrusion into your home from your smartphone, authorized or not. This camera has a facial recognition system, so we can tell the camera who the occupants of the house are, so it can let us know who entered and at what time. This type of alarm allows us to have an intelligent video monitoring system without additional costs, since we will only have to buy a camera and everything that is recorded remains on the SD card. Right now, if we want to buy just the camera, it’s available on Amazon for 17% off.
• Smart outdoor camera with siren. If we are worried about the surroundings of the house, we have this Netatmo option, which you just have to plug in, configure with the app and that’s it, in addition to synchronizing with the mobile, it comes with an integrated alarm that we can activate if we detect danger. The recognition and storage system is the same as the internal camera.
• Netatmo smart video doorbell. When someone rings the doorbell, the user receives a notification on their smartphone and can talk to their visitors. The bell also makes it possible to protect the entrance to the house. Alerts the user if it detects a person loitering in front of the entrance. When someone rings the doorbell, you will receive a video call on your smartphone and see your visitor. The user can then choose whether or not to talk to him directly from his smartphone. So the user can tell the delivery person where to leave the package when they are in the office, or greet their guests if they are still cooking dinner. Right now you have 30% off Amazon.

Note: This selection contains some links from our affiliates, but none of the products included have been designed or recommended by them or their manufacturers, but have been selected based on our own criteria.