Shop home automation

Roll pet hair off the sofa without sticky refills

A reusable roller that lifts pet hair from upholstery and bedding into a built-in chamber you empty.

Type:

Simplifies a manual task

Best for:

Homes with shedding cats or dogs and fabric furniture

Still on you:

Rolling surfaces by hand

Quick car clean-ups without dragging the house vacuum outside

A slim, rechargeable handheld vacuum kept in the car or garage for crumbs, sand and pet hair.

Type:

Assists — you still run it

Best for:

Regular quick car clean-ups

Still on you:

Vacuuming by hand

Top up tires in the driveway instead of at the gas station

A rechargeable inflator you set to a target pressure; it stops when the tire reaches it.

Type:

Assists — you still run it

Best for:

Car, bike and sports-ball inflation at home

Still on you:

Connecting to each valve

Faster, even dicing once vegetables are trimmed and halved

A hand-press chopper with interchangeable blades and a catch container for dicing pre-cut vegetables quickly and evenly.

Type:

Simplifies a manual task

Best for:

Frequent home cooks

Still on you:

Trimming, peeling and halving produce with a knife

Less stirring and pot-watching on soups, stews and beans

An electric multi-cooker that pressure-cooks, slow-cooks and switches to keep-warm, cutting down active stirring and monitoring.

Type:

Assists — you still run it

Best for:

Households that batch-cook

Still on you:

Ingredient prep

Sort laundry as it goes in, carry each load in its own bag

A lidded hamper with three removable tote bags, so lights, darks and colors are already separated when it's time to wash.

Type:

Simplifies a manual task

Best for:

Households that wash lights, darks and colors separately

Still on you:

Washing, drying, folding and putting away

Lamps and fans that switch themselves on and off on schedule

Four Wi-Fi plugs that switch suitable plugged-in devices on schedules, from your phone or by voice, and show energy use.

Type:

Automates part of the job

Best for:

Lamps, fans and similar plug-in devices within the plug's rating

Still on you:

Choosing which devices are safe to automate

Water the garden on a schedule — and skip it when it rains

A battery hose-tap timer controlled from your phone through a Wi-Fi hub, so watering runs on a schedule instead of you remembering.

Type:

Automates part of the job

Best for:

Gardens, beds and containers watered from an outdoor hose tap

Still on you:

Laying hoses or drip lines

A battery scrubber that does the elbow work on grout and tubs

A handheld, battery-powered scrub brush with a grout head and a multi-purpose head, so tile lines, tubs and sinks need less hand scrubbing.

Type:

Simplifies a manual task

Best for:

Tiled bathrooms and kitchen backsplashes

Still on you:

Applying cleaner and rinsing

A sponge that firms up in cold water and softens in warm

A textured sponge whose foam changes firmness with water temperature: firmer for scrubbing pans, softer for wiping.

Type:

Simplifies a manual task

Best for:

Anyone hand-washing cookware regularly

Still on you:

All hand-washing, rinsing and drying

One family calendar on the wall that syncs with everyone's phones

A wall or counter touchscreen that shows synced family calendars, chores and lists in one place. Some features need a paid Plus subscription.

Type:

Assists — you still run it

Best for:

Busy households with several calendars

Still on you:

Entering and updating events

A robot vacuum-mop that leaves its mops at the dock before it vacuums rugs

Runs scheduled vacuum-and-mop passes on hard floors and low-pile rugs, drops its mops at the dock before carpet, then empties dust and hot-washes and dries the mops.

Type:

Automates part of the job

Best for:

Homes with mostly hard floors and low-pile rugs

Still on you:

Pre-tidying before runs

Scheduled dry-food meals, even when you're running late

An app-scheduled feeder that dispenses dry food portions on a timetable, so meal times don't depend on someone being home.

Type:

Automates part of the job

Best for:

Cats and small dogs on dry food

Still on you:

Refilling food

A cordless pool robot for floors and walls between services

A battery pool robot that cleans the floor and walls of in-ground pools without a cord to untangle.

Type:

Automates part of the job

Best for:

In-ground pools

Still on you:

Lifting it out and rinsing