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Smart And Pocket Friendly

Setting up a smart home is no longer a distant dream; now you can power it with affordable smart gadgets.

The idea of a smart home never fails to fascinate, especially as a simple voice command to a smart speaker can get all sorts of things done in and around the house. But when alone (read no compatible devices are connected), these smart speakers could do very little apart from acting as your morning alarm, newsreader, music player, cab booking device and a handy search engine to answer your queries.

As for other household tasks like turning on or off air conditioners and lights to switching on a

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