r/smarthome is a subreddit with 1.2M members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses smart home, smart lock, struggling with, struggling to get, and hard time, and they frequently recommend/review smart bulb, doorbell camera, and smart switches.
This is the place for all your smart home product. This subreddit topics about a wide variety of smart home products and IoT's. Find help, tips, tricks and advice from our users!
Popular Themes in r/smarthome
#1
Solution Requests
: "Does anyone have any ideas about how I can make my blinds smart?"
14 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Recommendations for a camera to record me sleeping and only local storage"
10 posts
Popular Topics in r/smarthome
#1
Smart Home
: "Power went out, now many of my smart items have been malfunctioning for days"
13 posts
#2
Smart Lock
9 posts
#3
Struggling With
9 posts
#4
Struggling To Get
9 posts
#5
Hard Time
7 posts
#6
Doorbell
7 posts
#7
Video Doorbell
6 posts
#8
Smart Hub
4 posts
#9
Philips Hue
4 posts
#10
Hate
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/smarthome
Smart Bulb
100 reviews
#1
Philips Hue
4.5★ from 30 reviews
#2
Govee
4.3★ from 6 reviews
#3
Kasa
4.2★ from 6 reviews
Doorbell Camera
89 reviews
#1
Reolink
4.6★ from 33 reviews
#2
Eufy
4.4★ from 15 reviews
#3
Ring
4.7★ from 6 reviews
Smart Switches
83 reviews
#1
Lutron
4.9★ from 9 reviews
#2
Inovelli
4.6★ from 8 reviews
#3
Shelly
4.1★ from 7 reviews
Flair Used in r/smarthome
#1
I don't have a smarthome platform
: "These smart TV backlights are AWFUL for low-light scenes"
37 posts
#2
Home Assistant
: "I hacked a $6 weather clock to call my elevator from inside my apartment - why isn’t this a standard feature?"
28 posts
#3
SmartThings
: "Would you still connect your smart TV to the internet if you knew how much data it collects?"
21 posts
#4
Amazon Alexa
: "What smart home device made you wonder why you waited so long?"
14 posts
#5
Apple HomeKit
: "I built a dashboard app for iOS that shows your Hue lights in a fixed grid"
10 posts
#6
Google Home
: "Apolosign Hub (27inch / 4k model)"
5 posts
#7
Homey
: "Lighting control help"
2 posts
#8
Hubitat
: "Stepping up beyond Lutron and Hue with Hubitat"
2 posts
#9
Aqara
: "FP300 working with M1S hub"
1 post
Member Growth in r/smarthome
Yearly
+52k members(4.6%)
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Last updated: September 15, 2026