<a class="ql-link" href="https://amzn.to/2lw3TkL" target="_blank">The Smart Wifi Plug Mini</a> by TP-Link.
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This beginner-friendly piece of smart home technology is on sale for Amazon Prime Day I was never one for smart-home technology. In fact, as the resident old-house obsessive here at Curbed, I was almost as opposite a home-tech fanatic as one can get.
But about a year ago, I received the Amazon Echo as a birthday present. To be honest, I didn?t really think of it as more than a smart speaker to play music and set timers for when I?m cooking.
That was until I went out to dinner with friends of mine who also have an Echo. They were talking to me about how they use it as their smart-home hub to control the lights and other electronics in their house through the use of Wi-Fi-enabled smart plugs, among other gadgets. Essentially, these plugs connect to the internet and can be routed through the Echo so that you can remotely control whatever is plugged into them via the smart speaker or your phone. Coincidentally, I had just moved into a new apartment and was looking for ways to step up my residential game. These smart plugs seemed to be a great way to try something new, and I was quickly fantasizing about turning my air conditioner on remotely so my apartment would be cool the moment I stepped in the front door. My friends recommended that I try out the TP-Link line of products, which are designed to wo...