8 Best Gadgets for Google Home

Your house can also become a sci-fi masterpiece if you integrate the Google Home system. And we’ve prepared the best 8 gadgets to couple with it.

1. Wemo Wi-Fi Smart Plug — Like Home Alone

This smart plug is famous for being super-compact. What also makes it stand out is that it’s compatible with any virtual smart assistant: Alexa, Siri, Bixby, and others.

It doesn’t monitor the electric current, though. But on the other hand, it has an analog switch, so should the voice commands become unavailable, you can turn it off/on with your fingers.

What makes this plug really cool, is that it can turn on/switch off the lights periodically, while you’re not home. This creates an illusion that’s someone’s there to scare the Sticky Bandits away. 

2. Nest Doorbell — Who is there?

This doorbell isn’t just about ringing. It also lets you see who’s knocking or ringing. The video quality is fairly good and also there’s a smart object detection that can distinguish a human face from a parcel.

An extra perk: the doorbell can save up to 180 minutes of video recorded on its internal memory. So, should be there a blackout or a temporary memory shortage, the doorbell will be recorded for three hours.

3. Ecobee — Musical microclimate

Ecobee is extremely smart when it comes to mainlining the right temperature. You can tweak it either with your voice or Ecobee can handle the task on its own, based on your preferences.

Its sensors can also detect a human’s presence. So, if there’s no one in the room, it will decrease the warmth level to avoid wasting.

 4. Google Nest Hub — It watches you sleep

Google Nest Hub is a jack of all trades. It can play music, be a monitoring device for the Google Home and even… check you caringly, while you’re sleeping.

A cool trick you can do with it is using air gestures. Wave a hand, and a YouTube video will play. You can also command it to stop/resume. And even an alarm clock will “shut up” if you make a certain air gesture. Too bad, Nest Hub fails to read them sometimes. 

5. August Smart Lock — Close the door remotely

Google Home can also open and lock the house door, remotely. With it, you don’t need to go downstairs anymore each time to forget whether the door is locked or not.

Additionally, it keeps the track of people visiting your house during the day (or night). Its sensors will also gently alert you if the door is slightly open. Together with a smart doorbell, it can work like a mini-security system. An extra perk: you can use the keys from your previous non-smart lock.

6. Philips Hue White — Dim & Bright

Philips Hue White is a bulb system, which again, you can control remotely. You can change their lights — this option goes with a pricier Hue Connected Bulb only. But you can adjust the brightness to up to 800 lumens — enough to light up your dining room.

7. Nest Cam — Spy with your little eye

Nest Cam allows you to get a live video feed from your house. You can set it in your garage, or in one of the rooms, and check up on what’s going on there while you’re away.

Some people set up feeders for hummingbirds or marmots and watch what they do, using a similar type of camera — it’s almost like a free National Geographic series.

It’s fairly easy to install, and the picture quality is honestly superb if compared to other similar cams. But keep in mind: its batteries will cost you extra.

8. Orbit B-hyve — Take care of your garden

It is a smart faucet, which never forgets to water your flora. This is especially handy if you’re passionate about gardening but have to travel now and then, leaving your flowers and herbs unattended.

Home, Smart Home

If you’re itching to try out your shiny new Google Home system, go ahead to pick one of our top gadgets. Make your house both futuristic and super convenient.