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Smart light starter kit

Philips Hue Multicolor A19 Starter Kit

Staff Pick

Philips is one of the leading manufacturers of connected lighting solutions for good reason. Philips Hue products are easy to set up and work like magic with custom voice controls using Google Assistant. A good starting point is this pack of multi-color bulbs, which comes with the necessary Philips Hue Bridge. Once you get the Bridge set up, it acts as a hub for connecting up to 50 Philips Hue products that include multi-color bulbs, LED light strips, lamps, and more.

$180 at Amazon$190 at Best Buy

No hub required

LIFX A19 Smart Bulb

LIFX bulbs are some of our favorites because they look great and integrate directly with Google Assistant without a hub. They can show 16 million different colors in various shades and touches of warmth, and they are built to last. LIFX claims these bulbs should last you over 23 years, so they definitely pay for themselves!

$50 at Best Buy

Stick these anywhere

Philips Hue Lightstrip

LED strips offer a cool way to liven up any home theater or desk space with customizable color light shows. We recommend the Philips Hue Lightstrips because they're super customizable with music-sync modes and DIY scene settings available, along with voice control compatibility with Google Assistant. You can trim the strips to suit your space, and you can purchase extension packs if you want to expand your lighting setup.

$80 at Amazon$80 at Best Buy$80 at B&H

Affordable Hue alternative

Sengled Multicolor Two-Pack A19 Starter Kit

Sengled offers the best value for budget-conscious consumers looking to invest in smart bulbs — but you're still going to need a dedicated hub. The good news is that once you have that hub, you can add up to 64 bulbs to your network, and Sengled has some of the best prices for buying bulbs in bulk.

$70 at Amazon$70 at Best Buy

Take the party outside

Philips Hue Discover White & Color Ambiance Smart Floodlight

Not everyone realizes that you can bring the functionality of Philips Hue lights to the outside of your house. One of our favorite devices for this is the Hue Discovery Floodlight. Not only can it brightly illuminate your yard to ward off unwanted intruders, but you can set millions of colors to make light shows for backyard barbecues and dance parties with Google Assistant.

$117 at Amazon$170 at Best Buy

Keep your cool

Nest Learning Thermostat (3rd Gen)

Staff Pick

You will notice a pattern of us picking many first-party Google and Nest products, but that's because they work incredibly well with Google Assistant! Nest popularized the category of smart thermostats, and the Nest Learning Thermostat is our pick for the best Google Assistant home automation device. With Google's AI smarts and the Google Assistant looking after you, keeping cool or staying hawt has never been easier.

From $225 at Amazon$250 at Best Buy$249 at Staples

Temperature balance

Ecobee SmartThermostat with Voice Control

There are a ton of smart thermostats on the market, but if you are looking for a Nest alternative that works with Google Assistant, our money is on the ecobee SmartThermostat. This model includes a smart sensor to monitor spaces away from the thermostat itself, which can help regulate your home's temperature more efficiently.

$249 at Amazon$250 at Best Buy

Smart sprinklers

Racchio 3

Speaking of efficient and effective use of your utilities, one of the areas we're perhaps least efficient in regulating our homes is water usage. When it comes to keeping on top of sprinklers that may be on automatic settings, that can be even more of a challenge. The Raccio 3 system claims that its smarts can help you save up to 50% on your monthly water bill.

$174 at Amazon$230 at Best Buy

Catch that leak

Water Leak Detection Kit by LeakSmart

If you've ever experienced a flood in your home, you know how important it can be to do everything you can to avoid it from happening again. LeakSmart does this with a unique system that detects and stops water leaks "in 5 seconds or less." You can get notifications in the app or check on and control the system with Google Assistant.

$271 at Amazon$351 at Walmart

Make any lamp smart

TP-Link Kasa Smart Two-Outlet Wi-Fi Plug

This smart plug is particularly useful because it has an outlet on each end and saves room for another plug above or below it (depending on which you plug it into). It's great for using Google Assistant to turn off a pair of lamps at a time. Best of all, it's literally plug and play, with no hub required.

$30 at Amazon$30 at B&H

Garage control

MyQ Smart Garage Hub by Chamberlain

This smart home garage hub from Chamberlain brings the ability to control most garage door openers with Google Assistant or your smartphone. The system can also send you real-time alerts, create schedules, and allow you to check the status of your garage door from anywhere.

$30 at Best Buy$33 at Walmart

Dishwashing assistant

LG Top-Control Smart Wi-Fi Enabled Dishwasher

Staff Pick

Washing dishes ranks up there as one of our least favorite chores, but when you can get a hand from Google Assistant, it makes the process a little bit easier. When connected, you can ask Google Assistant things like "how much time is left on the dishwasher" or "what is the dishwasher doing" to see what stage it's on.

$850 at Best Buy

Skip the scut work

Ecovacs DEEBOT 500 Robotic Vacuum

After washing dishes, vacuuming might be the most mundane of household chores. Still, with a smart vacuum like this DEEBOT 500, you can tell the Google Assistant to "ask DEEBOT to start cleaning" and then go about your merry way doing something else productive (or not).

$148 at Amazon$149 at Walmart

The perfect pour

Atomi Smart WiFi Coffee Maker

This connected coffee maker can be controlled by your phone or by your voice through Google Assistant. You can program it to brew at specified times, or, if everything has been set up, you can say, "Hey Google, brew coffee." You can even ask Google Assistant to change the brew strength and turn on/off your coffee maker. It's also eco-friendly as it comes with a reusable filter.

$90 at Amazon

Assistant on the go

Fossil Gen 5 Carlyle WearOS Smartwatch

Arguably no one is doing a better job at making WearOS smartwatches than Fossil. Not only are its Gen 5 series watches like the Carlyle attractive, but they have useful features like built-in NFC and GPS, a heartrate monitor, and a speaker so that you can converse with Google Assistant.

From $177 at Amazon$280 at Walmart

Breathing aid

Awair Element Indoor Air Quality Monitor

The Awair is an exciting device that tracks the air quality in your home. These measurements include humidity, dust, chemicals, CO2, and more. You can connect the Awair with your Google Home or Nest devices to monitor your air quality and give you actionable insights on how to improve the air you breathe.

$149 at Amazon

Cool down

Haiku Smart Ceiling Fan

Haiku smart fans work with Google Assistant to ensure that you save as much energy as possible while keeping your rooms cool and the air moving. These smart fans can even be adjusted during the winter to push warm air down, making life easier for the heating system in your home and keeping you warmer.

From $800 at Amazon

Who's there?

Nest Hello Video Doorbell