Celebrate your mom this Mother’s Day by giving her an impressive smart home device or connected gadget. Whether your mama loves cooking, gardening, or exercising, there are smart home gadgets that can streamline her lifestyle. As a bonus, busy moms will love the convenience of smart home technology.
Here are our 10 favorite smart home gifts for Mom (and 10 bonus gifts just for kicks):
- Amazon Echo: Best for Multitaskers
- SmartRope Rookie: Best for Fitness Junkies
- Anova Precision Cooker Nano: Best for Chefs
- Atomi Smart Coffee Maker: Best for Coffee Lovers
- B-hyve Smart Hose Faucet Timer: Best for Gardeners
- Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance: Best for Spa-Goers
- Tile Pro: Best for Organizers
- Wyze Cam Pan: Best for Protectors
- Ring Video Doorbell: Best for Shoppers
- Amazon Echo Studio: Best for Party Animals
1. Amazon Echo: Best for Multitaskers
The Amazon Echo (around $100) is a smart speaker with the Alexa voice service and 360-degree speaker outputs. With the Echo, Mom can give voice commands from across the room to ask Alexa questions, start a music playlist, and control other smart home products with ease.
Alexa is an excellent digital assistant for mothers with full hands and hectic schedules. Now, Ma can catch up on her favorite audiobooks and check the weather before heading to the park.
To help Mom learn more about what Alexa can do, send her over to our ultimate guide to Amazon Alexa and the Echo family.
Look, Ma! No Amazon!
2. SmartRope Rookie: Best for Fitness Junkies
Mom doesn’t need an expensive Peloton machine to get her heart pumping when she can take her jump roping to the next level with the SmartRope Rookie (around $40).
The SmartRope mobile app tracks exercise time, jumps, and calories burned for an effective cardio workout. It can also coach Ma to reach new heights with interval training programs. Competitive moms might like the leaderboard for showing off their skills (SmartRope plans to track tricks in a future update). There’s also a rewards system to help Ma set and meet goals.
Whether your mom’s a jump rope addict or looking for a quick cardio workout in the morning, the SmartRope Rookie can show her you care about her heart.
For Non-Jumpers
3. Anova Precision Cooker Nano: Best for Chefs
The Anova Precision Cooker Nano (around $99) is the perfect tool to introduce Mom to sous vide cooking—a slow cooking staple of high-end restaurants—that heats food to the ideal temperature while infusing seasonings throughout the dish.
Sous vide is especially fantastic for cooking meat and fish to perfection because it’s practically impossible to overcook food with this method. It results in the tenderest of steaks—from rare to well done.
Mom can control the Anova Precision Cooker Nano from her smartphone to set timers, get recipes, and dive into delicious food. Sous vide cooking is a surefire way to level up Mom’s kitchen technique.
Speed Boost
4. Atomi Smart Coffee Maker: Best for Coffee Lovers
With the Atomi Smart Coffee Maker (around $90), Mom can start brewing before she even gets out of bed in the morning. Or she can schedule a fresh cup for when she returns home for the day.
The Atomi connects to Mama’s Wi-Fi network for all-day remote access to its brewing settings, and the 12-cup capacity keeps the coffee coming until she gets her caffeine fix. Mama can even use voice control to ask Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant to make coffee while she’s rolling out of bed.
While she occasionally has to put coffee in the Atomi Smart Coffee Maker’s reusable filter and fill the water tank, it’s worth it for the pure pleasure of on-demand coffee.
Smart Coffee Without an App
5. B-hyve Smart Hose Faucet Timer: Best for Gardeners
Keeping up with the vegetable garden or flower beds doesn’t require an intricate underground sprinkler system when a hose and sprinkler can get the job done. Help Mom save water and time with the B-hyve Smart Hose Faucet Timer (around $80).
This smart gardening device uses batteries, so it’s easy to install on any faucet before attaching the hose. Mom starts by setting schedules with her smartphone, and the B-hyve does the rest—right down to accounting for current weather conditions.
No Garden, No Problem
6. Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance: Best for Spa-Goers
The Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance kit (around $169) is perfect for spa day because Mom can dim the lights and change them to a more soothing color for the ultimate relaxation. If your ma wants some screen-free time, there’s even a wireless smart button to dim the lights from her comfortable chair.
No other smart lighting tech rivals Philips Hue for smart home compatibility, so Mama can ask Google Assistant or Alexa to adjust the lights and turn down the smart thermostat while playing the perfect spa music from Spotify.
We think Philips Hue is best when you pair it with a timeless gift for mothers: a homemade coupon book for free massages (we’re always looking for an excuse to break out the crafting supplies).
Aromatherapy with an App
7. Tile Pro: Best for Organizers
Mom can find her keys or wallet with the press of a button using the Tile Pro (around $35). It’s a remarkably simple device—when Ma presses a button in the mobile app, the corresponding Tile Pro chimes for easy recovery.
She can attach a small, chic Tile Pro to any item, be it a pocketbook, keychain, or purse, for easy finding later. And if Mom wants to keep track of her phone, Tile Pro also works in reverse order—tapping the device causes the linked phone to ring.
Stay on Schedule
8. Wyze Cam Pan: Best for Protectors
It’s normal for mamas to want to protect their kids. So why not give them better tools for the job? Mom can watch over the house more efficiently with a security camera like the Wyze Cam Pan (around $38). She can put it in the nursery to watch the baby or in the playroom to watch the kids while putting her feet up for a few minutes.
Ma can control the Wyze Cam Pan with a mobile app to catch teens sneaking in after curfew using the camera’s night vision function. Or maybe she’ll use the camera’s two-way audio to check in with the family while she’s out running errands.
Step Up the Security
9. Ring Video Doorbell: Best for Shoppers
If Mom loves to shop online (honestly, same), there’s a good chance she’ll want a Ring Video Doorbell (around $100) to spot deliveries on the porch. Not only that, but it’s also an excellent way to chat with Grubhub drivers as she makes her way to the door.
Beyond shopping, a smart doorbell can boost security by watching for suspicious activity in the front yard day and night. Mom can even pair the Ring Video Doorbell with a smart lock to let the kids in after school.
Check out our Ring doorbells breakdown to learn more about Ring’s doorbell cameras.
Walking Spree
10. Amazon Echo Studio: Best for Party Animals
If your mom’s a dancing queen in disguise, the Amazon Echo Studio (around $200) can bring it out with more power and better sound quality than the original Echo smart speaker. Make no mistake, the Echo Studio is just as easy to use with its built-in Alexa voice assistant, but it’s a party in a box.
When the music’s over, Mom can use the Echo Studio as a smart home hub that’s compatible with Zigbee devices like Philips Hue. Or she can pair it with a Fire TV device to bring more life—and Dolby Atmos surround sound—to her favorite movies.
Stream Like a Dream
Final Word
Sometimes you want to give Mom more than flowers and a card (still a classic, though). Instead, spoil her with smart home gadgets to help her pursue the things she loves. And you don’t have to wait for your ma’s birthday or Mother’s Day to shower her with smart home gifts and show your appreciation for the beautiful person she is.
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