Today, my smart home is packed with just about every smart gadget imaginable — from smart plugs and displays to a pair of smart heaters — but it wasn’t always this way. My journey actually started with a simple yet magical idea: what if I never had to flip a light switch again?
To make those first steps into building out a smart home as seamless and easy as possible for the rest of my household, I paid a premium (at first). That’s right, I went for a Philips Hue starter kit with three smart bulbs and a hub to connect them to my home network. This was the perfect entry point back when we lived in an apartment and yes, adding a new bulb here and there was expensive but it wasn’t unreasonable.
