Dozens of new smart home devices launch every fall, and the end of 2020 was no different, with new products from Amazon, Google, Apple and smaller brands. For Amazon in particular, the newEcho smart speakeris one of the best home integration products we've seen in years, and that means the potential for a well-oiled smart home working in concert is higher than ever as we enter the new year.
Over the years, I've helped set up dozens if not hundreds of smart devices at theCNET Smart Home-- and I'vewritten about the price tagsoften associated with them. Between light bulbs, speakers, video doorbells and TVs -- not to mention pricey smart shades -- building a smart home can quickly run into five-figure territory. Luckily, the days of $180亚马逊回声扬声器和$ 200智能凸轮完了。Amazon's newest Echo speaker将花费100美元,大量的其他服务和设备宣布annual fall show时钟会低于那个。你可以找到Echo Dots一直在出售,以及一些CNET在市场上最喜欢的智能凸轮cost just $20. In fact, with smart spending, you can just about build yourself a largely automated home for under $200total.
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最便宜的智能扬声器亚马逊优惠是不断稳定的第三型echo Dot。当然,有可用的新圆点, but its improvements are marginal, so whichever device is cheaper is probably the way to go. This Echo speaker has impressive sound quality for the size if you want to play music (Spotify Premium, Amazon Music, Apple Music and more), along with voice control and all the smarts of the higher-end speakers. Place Echo devices in different rooms of your house for multiroom audio. Not only is the Amazon Echo Dot a reasonable $50, but you can also catch it on sale for $25 often.
The $130 Echo Show 8 is an Alexa-compatible display that marries all the voice assistance of a speaker to the touch controls of a tablet. You can find it on sale for $65 right now, and it gives you a screen to video chat, play games, watch videos and even stream the feeds of security cameras.
Amazon offers a number of other devices that add Amazon Alexa to you cars, home and other spaces, and one of the best of these is the Echo Flex, a $25 plug that brings Alexa integration to any place with an outlet. Setup is easy through the Amazon Alexa app. Once you do that, the smart speaker brings all the smarts of the Alexa voice assistant, plus a modular design that allows the use of motion-sensing and night light attachments.
The Wyze Cam is one of the best super-cheap devices out there, and it just got an update for 2020. With a tiny $20 price tag and an impressive set of features, including weatherproof housing, sharper night vision, a wider field of view, a functional siren and more, the third-gen Wyze Cam is better than ever.
此外,single voice command you can throw the Wyze Cam's feed onto an Alexa-powered smart display, like the Echo Show 8.
Another surprisingly affordable smart home gadget from Wyze is the $8 Bulb, which you can control with Amazon Alexa. It connects directly to a Wi-Fi network, so no smart home hub is necessary. These smart bulbs give you many of the smarts of a Philips Hue or Lifx bulb (thought the features are a little more spare than Philips Hue), and they work nicely with Amazon's smart home ecosystem.
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