I’m a smart home expert. These are the smart devices I can’t live without

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I’ve been covering smart home and security products for years, and I’ve written about and reviewed scores of smart devices. Yet I can count on one hand (plus an extra finger or two) the number of smart devices that my family and I actually depend on. Apple TV 4KWait, isn’t the Apple TV 4K a streaming box? Related: Best streaming devices of 2025: Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku, or Google TV? Second, we installed a smart water leak detector in the area of the office where the water usually seeped in.