The Amazon Smart Plug is a great way to bring some intelligence to some otherwise "dumb" appliances. Once a smart plug is set up, you can schedule a coffee maker to start, keep tabs on how much power ...

Remember The Clapper? The plug-in staple may have made for a catchy jingle in the 1980s, but it could also be considered as a primitive ancestor of today's smart plug-- that is, if you can say ...

The Amazon Smart Plug is limited to Alexa-based smart homes, but it's a solid plug-and-play solution if you're a true Alexa die-hard. The Amazon Smart Plug is limited to Alexa-based smart homes, but ...

This was one of the first smart plugs we tested, and setup was easy, even though we were newbies. We simply plugged it in, paired it with the Tapo app, and began setting up a schedule. The app made it ...

While new homes and devices are getting smarter, smaller devices are still needed to make “dumb” appliances and devices smart. There are a number on the market to choose from, each with different ...

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