There’s no acoustic space quite like a bathroom for singing along to your favorite tunes, but most smart speakers aren’t really meant to handle that kind of heat and humidity. Luckily, Home Depot has come to the rescue with a Bluetooth speaker/fan/smart light combo that will transform your bathroom karaoke sessions with audio and color-changing lighting.
The Hubspace Commercial Electric Smart Exhaust Fan is a strange, yet interesting device that fills a particularly humid spot in your home. Hub space 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 via a smart speaker (although it is not yet compatible with Matter).
You can also control it via the Hubspace mobile app, which lets you set schedules, change the color of the light, adjust the fan speed, and group different Hubspace products. You can choose a warm or cool white light, or choose from a palette of RGB options.
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It also has a humidity sensor, so the fan only comes on when it’s needed and automatically turns off when the steam has cleared. The airflow is adjustable and the fan is quiet enough not to disrupt your music, operating at a sone level of 0.8-1.0 depending on your chosen setting. That’s no louder than your fridge, so it certainly shouldn’t get in the way of your sing-along moments in the shower.
It also has a motion sensor and a subtle nightlight mode that turns on the light when you need to use the toilet in the middle of the night, so you don’t have to search for a switch or blind yourself when nature calls.
The smart extractor fan is available at Home Depot Available from today for $199 (around £160 / AU$300).