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Tom’s Guide
Technology
Anthony Spadafora

I bought a smart fan to beat the heat — and I never thought I’d have this much fun controlling a fan from my phone

The Smart Tower Fan 2 Max set up in a living room.

Even with one of the best smart thermostats, keeping your house cool in the summer can get expensive really fast, especially if you like to blast the AC. This summer, though, I decided to do something different by investing in a smart fan for my living room, and doing so turned out to be as fun as it was cool.

Every year, I think about ways to lower our electric bill depending on the season. For instance, this winter, I picked up a smart space heater so that I could warm up my bedroom from my phone and turn it off with just my voice before bed instead of having it run all night. With heat waves expected this summer, I figured I could do the same thing with a smart fan instead of having my air conditioner running all the time.

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