The best Prime Day 2022 deals on smart home tech
The excellent Roborock S7 mop / vacuum hybrid robot vacuum is $220 off for Prime Day. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The VergeAmazon Prime Day is the second-best time of year to bag some smart home gadgets...
Amazon Prime Day is the second-best time of year to bag some smart home gadgets at excellent prices. While Black Friday and its various offshoots traditionally have deeper discounts and wider product options, Prime Day feels strategically situated on the calendar as an ideal buying season for those invested in the smart home. This is particularly true if you are looking for some bargains on Amazon Alexa devices or compatible gadgets.
This year, there are some good deals to be found for Prime members this July 12th and 13th on everything from smart thermostats and smart locks to security cameras and smart lighting. Plus, it’s a great time to stock up on a couple more Echo speakers if there’s a room in your house that still doesn’t have one.
Here are my picks for the best deals on smart home tech for Amazon’s 2022 Prime Day.
The best mesh Wi-Fi router deals
If you have a smart home, good Wi-Fi is essential, and a mesh router is often the best solution to any connectivity woes your gadgets are having.
Amazon-owned Eero is offering its flagship Eero Pro 6E tri-band mesh Wi-Fi 6E system in a three-pack for just $419; that’s $280 off this excellent multi-gigabit-capable system. A single model of the company’s first 6GHz-capable router is also on sale for $179, a $120 discount, and you can save $200 if you buy a two-pack for $299. Read my review of the Eero Pro 6E.Eero Pro 6E tri-band router
Eero’s Pro 6E mesh router is the Amazon-owned company’s latest top-of-the-line model. It supports the 6GHz Wi-Fi band with speeds of up to 1.3Gbps and covers up to 2,000 square feet with one unit. Wired speeds can go up to 2.5Gbps.
The best smart speaker deals
As it’s an Amazon sale, you’ll find a lot of deals on Amazon Echo devices. For a full list, check out our roundup of the best Prime Day deals on Amazon devices, but if you’re looking for a new smart speaker and / or display, my recommendation is to pick up a fourth-gen Echo smart speaker or Echo Show 8 smart display.
The second-gen Echo Show 8 is the best Alexa smart display and is on sale for $74.99 ($55 off), a new record low. It’s small enough to fit on a counter or mantle but large enough to be useful — you can comfortably watch a YouTube video or view your security camera through it. It’s also got decent speakers, and its 13-megapixel camera makes for a good video calling device. Read our review. The fourth-gen Echo is my favorite Amazon smart speaker since it also doubles as a smart home hub and will be a Matter controller and Thread border router when the new smart home standard arrives later this year. Now just $59.99, you’re saving $40 on the impressive speaker, which offers excellent sound and an attractive spherical design. Read our review. The innovative wall-mountable Echo Show 15 is currently getting a $70 price cut, bringing it down to $179.99 — a decent price for this multitasking digital bulletin board that doubles as a small TV, with support for live TV through Sling TV and Hulu with Live TV. It’s also a good companion to a video doorbell or security camera, as it can automatically show a live feed when someone presses your doorbell or activates the motion sensor. Read my full review.The best smart security camera deals
Eufy Floodlight Cam 2 Pro
The Eufy Floodlight Cam has a 360-degree field of view, tunable lighting, and AI-powered alerts for people. It works with Amazon Alexa and Google Home and offers local storage of recorded videos.
The best smart video doorbell deals
Eufy Dual video doorbell
This battery-powered video doorbell features two cameras to catch both packages and visitors, as well as local storage, package alerts, and compatibility with Amazon Alexa and Google Home.
The best smart robot vacuum deals
This mopping / vacuum hybrid robot is one of the best double-duty vacuums on the market. Its sonic-mopping tech actually scrubs your floors, and its VibraRise feature lifts up the mop so it can still vacuum your carpets without getting them wet.
The best smart lighting deals
Philips Hue, one of the best smart lighting systems, is offering a great deal on a set of its white and color LED A19 smart bulbs, which work with or without a Hue Bridge. A three-pack is on sale right now for $75.99 down from $134.99, a savings of over 40 percent. Another excellent Philips Hue sale is on a bundle of two BR30 bulbs with the new Hue Dimmer Switch, a battery-powered remote that you can wall-mount to act like a traditional switch for the Hue bulbs. Regularly $124.98, the Philips Hue BR30 white and color changing two pack with a free Dimmer Switch V2 is selling for $58.53, a 53 percent savings. Another good option for smart lighting is the Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Outdoor Plug-In Dimmer, which is currently selling for $16.99 with the on-page coupon (regularly $30). One of the few outdoor plugs that also dims, it’s a good option for adding smarts to outdoor lighting such as string lights. On the higher-end for smart lighting, there’s a rare discount on the Brilliant smart switches, which do double duty as smart home controllers and are compatible with all the major ecosystems, including HomeKit. The two-switch, three-switch, and four-switch panels are 10 percent off today, a savings of up to $55 off the regular price, which starts at $449.99.The best smart thermostat deals
Amazon’s inexpensive Smart Thermostat, which does almost everything its more expensive competitors can, is at a new all-time low for Prime Day, retailing for just $41.99. Using a feature called Hunches to control your climate, the thermostat can intelligently create a schedule for you as well as determine if you’re out of the house and set back a few degrees to save some energy. Read my review. The new Google Nest Thermostat, which isn’t as good as the old Google Nest Learning Thermostat but is a lot less expensive and a decent option for Google Home households, is also seeing a Prime Day discount. Right now, you can pick it up for $89.69 instead of $129.99. Read our review.Other great deals on smart home gear
The Wi-Fi Smart Lock is August’s latest retrofit door lock. It easily adapts to your existing deadbolt and doesn’t need an external bridge for Wi-Fi connectivity. It works with Alexa, Google Home, HomeKit, and Samsung SmartThings.