Make anything smarter with the Amazon Smart Plug while it's on sale for Black Friday

A smart plug is i of the best things yous can buy if you're interested in automating your house. You lot don't even have to call in an electrician because at that place are plenty that just plug into an existing outlet and plow on and off on your schedule. If you lot're an Alexa user, the Amazon Smart Plug is 1 of the best you can buy.

A smart plug isn't complicated, so the setup for ane shouldn't exist either. That'south where the Amazon Smart Plug shines. All the device does is turn on or off when you desire information technology to, and all the setup needs is for you to plug information technology in and open the Amazon Alexa app on your phone.

The Amazon Smart Plug does accept one flaw, though. It's non compatible with every smart home platform out there like so many others are. Yous can only use information technology with an Alexa-powered smart speaker. I know Alexa devices are pretty skillful stuff and a lot of us utilize them, but still. It's a bummer if y'all employ Siri or Google Banana or SmartThings. The Alexa app is bachelor for both Android and iOS, though, so it will work with almost any phone out there once you install it.

Amazon Smart plug

Amazon Smart Plug

It turns on and off on whatsoever schedule you fix, and y'all tin can command it past asking Alexa. Best of all, it's super uncomplicated to fix, too. Catch an Amazon Smart plug while it's on auction for Black Friday.

$15 at Amazon

Black Fri is a corking time to start or add to your smart home, and if you use Alexa, the Amazon Smart Plug is a total winner. Seeing information technology on sale for but $15 means now is the right fourth dimension to grab a couple of them.

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