It's the year of the smart home and this Christmas, there's dozens of hot tech products on the market to bring your home to life. 

From smart speakers and displays to customisable lighting, doorbells and even robot vacuums. 

It's never been more affordable to smarten up your home and the interactions you're able to have with these devices is near-endless. 

Some of the world's biggest brands are flooding the market with Google and Amazon ahead of the pack when it comes to things that smarten up your home.

Smart lighting

Smart lighting enables you to change the brightness and colour of lighting in each room of your home.

It's all controllable by your voice or through an app on your phone. 

Smart home brand Laser offers an affordable range of products for the home from just $10, with light bulbs, light strips, cameras and WiFi power plugs - which can bring almost any appliance in your home to life. 

"It's a great way to lift your work from home space or even bedroom with a little bit of ambient lighting - so it's a really cool product at the moment," Mr McCarthy said. 

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