Prime Day has always been the sweet spot for snagging Amazon-branded devices at prices that make Black Friday look like amateur hour. When Amazon puts its own products on sale, they don’t mess around and this (early) October Prime Day early deal proves exactly that. If you’ve been thinking about dipping your toes into smart home tech, the Amazon smart plug just hit $12, down from $24. That’s almost 50% off which makes this smart plug actually cheaper than many regular plugs you’d find at the hardware store.
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Why This Little Device Changes Your Daily Routine
The beauty of the Amazon smart plug lies in the simplicity: This isn’t some complicated gadget that you have to rewire your house or hire an electrician for. You just plug it into any standard outlet, open the Alexa app on your phone, and within minutes, you’ve made a dumb outlet smart. The setup is so simple that even your tech-clueless uncle can do it during a commercial. Once you plug it in, any device you plug into it becomes voice-controlled through Alexa. That table lamp from Grandma that’s so old? Now it’s “Alexa, turn off the living room lamp.” Your phone charger, space heater, or that string of fairy lights that you always forget to unplug? All voice-activated with this single device.
The plug works with any household device that has an actual on/off switch, which includes most of your everyday devices. Coffee brewers are the poster child for the technology because who wouldn’t love to start brewing from bed? But the applications go far beyond morning coffee. Your ceiling fans can be controlled from any room in the house, your Christmas lights can turn on automatically at sunset, and you can make it look like someone is home by having lamps turn on and off while you are away. The compact size is worth mentioning as well because it won’t occupy both outlets.
One of the most clever features is the Routines feature in the Alexa app: This lets you chain multiple actions together under a single command or schedule. You can create a “Good Morning” scene that switches on your coffee maker, kitchen lights, and possibly even a bathroom space heater, all at 6:30 AM without you lifting a finger. Or a “Goodnight” scene that shuts off all the items you have connected to these smart plugs with one go.
The plug doesn’t require a separate smart home hub which eliminates another complexity and expense. It’s all controlled through the Alexa app, and you can manage multiple smart plugs through one interface. The reliability factor is also good because the device reconnects to your Wi-Fi and Alexa automatically after internet issues or power outages, so you’re not wasting all your time troubleshooting or resetting everything.
At $12 in this Prime Day early sale, you’re looking at smart home functionality for less than the cost of lunch.