Best smart home deals for Amazon Prime Day 2023

Good afternoon. It is still Prime Day. Maybe we’ll be stuck in Prime Day forever. Since we’re here, please enjoy these deals on smart home devices. They are for sale. Please. Amazon Prime Day 2023, day two.

Before you buy any smart home device, make sure it works with the smart home platforms and the phone ecosystems you already use. Matter makes this easier — kind of, but also kind of not. There’s also a lot of junk out there! Here’s some stuff that’s actually worth buying. We’ll keep updating this as more deals surface.

Here’s the thing: robot vacuums are always on sale, and Prime Day isn’t necessarily the best time to buy one. In fact, the iRobot Roomba J7 Plus, our favorite robot vacuum, is slightly more expensive on Prime Day than it was just a few weeks ago, while the regular J7 is down from $599 to $399 — but it hits that price every few weeks. That said, these deals ain’t bad:

Updated July 12th, 2023 at 6:30PM ET: Checked prices and made the intro loopier. Blame Nathan; Jennifer Tuohy is on vacation.