DEAL OF THE DAY
This $19 Accessory Lets You Control Old Appliances From Your Phone
Make your household gadgets a little smarter without much effort
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The cost of investing in all new smart appliances is hard to justify if you’re already happy with the ones you’ve got. Fortunately, there’s TP-Link’s Kasa Smart Plug, which can bring some new functionality to those old gadgets, letting you convert them into a “smart” device.
Right now, a surprise Amazon sale gets you a two-pack of the Kasa Smart Plug for only $19.23 right now — its lowest price of the season. If you’ve ever wanted to monitor and control your appliances from your phone, this is an easy way to start doing it.
Using the accessory is simple: plug an appliance into the smart plug, then connect it to an outlet. Once it’s plugged in, download TP-Link’s Kasa app (iOS and Android), and run through a quick setup process that connects the smart plug to your WiFi network.
Once connected, you can control the Smart Plug from your smartphone, or by linking it to an Amazon Echo. The control is limited to turning it on and off, or putting it on a schedule, but that’s still pretty powerful.
For instance, you could set your coffee maker to turn on right as you wake up, so it’s ready when you come downstairs. Or, you could check to see if you turned the stove off before you left the house. If not, you can turn the power off from your car instead of going back home to check.
TP-Link’s Smart Plugs are a great way to start or expand your smart home, and they rarely go on sale. This particular model has a 4.6-star rating (out of five) from more than 80,000 reviewers online.
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The Amazon smart plug deal gets you two TP Link Kasa Smart Plugs for $19.23 here; save more when you pick up a three-pack for just $22 here.
There’s no indication of when this deal will be over, or when stock will run out, so if you want to take advantage of it you should do it sooner than later.
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