Best Smart Smoke Alarm

Nest Protect Smoke & CO

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One of the simplest yet most effective home-automation devices is a smart smoke alarm. It’s not the most exciting of gadgets, but it’s one of the most important. A connected smoke alarm not only alerts you if there’s a fire, but also sends an alarm to your phone so if you’re away you can summon help quicker.

Packed with sensors and smarts, the Nest Protect Smart Smoke & CO Alarm is the best device. At £109 a pop it will cost a bit to outfit a whole house, but it elevates the smoke alarm from noisy nuisance to helpful assistant – delivering an early warning when smoke is building via a calm voice and letting you silence nuisance alarms from your phone.

In a real emergency, it can wirelessly connect to other alarms, triggering them all to make sure you wake up. It also delivers a voice alert telling you which room the danger is in, and lights your way with a red LED (easier to see through smoke), as well as sending an alarm to your phone.