LIVING ROOM

LIFX Z LED STRIP

The Z LED Strip from smart lighting experts Lifx can be fitted just about anywhere and gives you an endless array of colour options through its app. There are actually eight different zones in each two-metre strip, so you can get your living room looking exactly the way you want. As always with Lifx bulbs, they connect straight to your Wi- Fi, no hub required. £79.99, lifx.com

Put the ‘living’ back into your most used room

PHILIPS HUE IRIS

New from Philips Hue is the redesigned Iris, perfect for adding mood to a room (by bouncing light off a wall, for example). The mains-powered lamp gives you an almost limitless combination of brightness and colour settings, and as usual with this range of smart lights, everything can be remote controlled very easily via the Hue mobile app. £89.99, philips-hue.com

GOOGLE NEST AUDIO

The newest smart speaker to join the Google Nest line of products, you can think of this as a bigger, more powerful version of the Google Nest Mini. All of the same Google Assistant tricks are here, so you can use it for weather forecasts, alarms, timers, podcasts, music, news and so on, but there’s more of an audio oomph from this larger unit. £89, store.google.com

SPHERO SPRK+

You’re guaranteed hours of entertainment, education and fun with the Sphero SPRK+, the programmable robot ball that will whizz around your floor taking on mazes, obstacle courses and anything else you want to put it up against. You’ll find that the devices last longer than most toys though – and it’s the perfect way to get youngsters into coding. £109.99, sphero.com