There’s no room with better acoustics than the bathroom when you want to sing along to your favorite songs, but most smart speakers aren’t really designed to handle that kind of heat and humidity. Thankfully, Home Depot is coming to the rescue with a Bluetooth speaker, fan, and smart lighting combo that will transform your bathroom karaoke sessions with audio and color-changing lighting.
The Commercial Electric Smart Exhaust Fan Powered by Hubspace is a strange but interesting device that will fill a particularly humid niche in your home. Hubspace is Hope Depot’s own smart home platform and works with Alexa and Google Home, so you can use it with your existing devices and control it with voice commands through a smart speaker (though it’s not Matter compatible yet).
Alternatively, you can manage it through the Hubspace mobile app, which lets you set schedules, change the color of the light, tweak fan speed, and group different Hubspace products. You can select a warm or cool light, or choose from a palette of RGB options.
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It also has a humidity sensor so the fan only kicks on when needed and turns off automatically when the steam has dissipated. The airflow is adjustable and the fan is quiet enough not to disturb your music. Depending on the setting you choose, it operates at a level of 0.8 to 1.0 sone. That’s no louder than your refrigerator, so it definitely shouldn’t affect your sing-along in the shower.
There’s also a motion sensor and a subtle night light mode that illuminates you during nighttime bathroom trips without having to search for a switch or being blinded when nature calls.
The Smart Exhaust Fan is available today from Home Depot for $199 (approximately £160 / AU$300).
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