Smart Home

The Breville Pizzaiolo pizza oven makes me want to make pizza every day

The Adobe Iota offers easy setup and everything you need to watch over your house, though the built-in camera has some limitations.

This all-in-one security system works well, but other systems offer more for less.

The Nest Secure kit has everything you need for home security, but you'll pay a lot for it.

The Samsung SmartThings ADT Home Security Starter Kit is a capable smart hub but a siloed security system.

The Swann smart home alarm system comes with plenty of accessories and is backed by a responsive monitoring service, but we found everything else about this system frustrating to use.

The Echo Flex plug-in smart speaker ($24.99) might not sound superb, but its Alexa integration and supported accessories make it a practical smart home gadget.

The Google Home Mini looks and sounds better than Amazon's smallest Alexa speaker, but it’s not quite as versatile.

August's first wireless doorbell camera looks great, but its software needs work.

While not the most capable, this smart plug is inexpensive, and does all the basics.

The smart LIFX Candle Color bulb packs imaginative polychrome technology, letting it light up a space with multiple shades at once.

Music lovers with deep wallets looking for a powerful outdoor speaker that doubles as a cooler should check out the Thomas & Darden Kube.

The Netatmo Welcome's facial recognition keeps track of a household's residents and creates individual user profiles for each person.

Alexa makes more inroads into your kitchen with Amazon's smart oven.

Philips new Hue Play Sync Box lets you create surround lighting effects when playing games and watching movies.

Despite a low price and free cloud storage, this is one budget video doorbell to pass by.

For less than $100, you can get an excellent-sounding Sonos speaker, sold by Ikea.

For $179, Sonos and Ikea present this smart speaker that doubles as a futuristic table lamp.

The Gate smart lock combines a smart lock and video doorbell in one, but its rough edges make it less attractive than separate devices.

This smartphone-controlled countertop oven can recognize food and tell you how to cook it.

This countertop oven excels at cooking all sorts of food and can be controlled from your phone. But it's very expensive.

Kid-friendly Alexa and Amazon's FreeTime Unlimited is a hoot on the Echo Dot Kids Edition, with age-appropriate answers, skills, music and audiobooks, plus solid controls to empower good parenting.

One of the smartest smart home gadgets is just $40.

While its feature set is limited, the Blink XT is a reliable wireless indoor/outdoor camera that covers the essentials and even includes free cloud storage.

A week with iHome's smart mirror convinced me that not everything needs a virtual assistant built in.

If you put in the time, you can do a lot with the Hubitat Elevation smart home hub, but it's not for everyone.

If you're invested in Nest's smart-home ecosystem, this is the keyless lock to get.

This smart lock uses your fingerprint as an added layer of security.

The Canary Pro wireless security camera has temperature and air-quality sensors, which partly justify its somewhat high price.

While the quality of the video from Simplisafe's doorbell is good, the device skimps on features and smart-home integration.