Amazon Smart Home Bundle

Breaking: a five dollar light bulb can now be yelled at from across the room, and somehow that counts as home improvement now. Welcome to the future, or at least a slightly louder version of the present.

Feel weird about being the last person on the block still flipping a physical switch like some kind of caveman? This fixes that in about ten minutes flat.

This is, without exaggeration, the single greatest home upgrade in the history of humankind. It is also just a speaker and a light bulb, so maybe dial that back slightly.

Set the mood lighting from the couch, or ask it the weather without moving a muscle. Casually mention having a smart home setup at the next dinner party and watch the reaction it gets.

Nobody needs to know it took ten minutes to set up and zero electrical knowledge to pull off. The app does the actual work, this bundle just gets the credit.

Comes with the compact smart speaker and a color changing bulb that syncs to voice commands, music, or whatever mood requires purple lighting at 11pm. Setup happens entirely through a phone app, no toolbox required.

It plugs in, it listens, it changes colors on command. That is the whole bundle, and somehow it still manages to feel like magic every single time.