Smart home with non-techie partner…

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Hello! It seems that a lot of smart home people have non-smart home partners/spouses… how does that work for you guys?

In our house we have several smart light, automatics and smart buttons which my husband is more than happy with as they just work. He particularly likes the smart blinds!

However I like much of the stuff for the tech/cool factor which he doesn’t really care about. For example I’ve been eying up the Aqara U200 as our first smart lock. I get it’s expensive, however because he doesn’t think it’s cool, all he can see is a waste of money and laziness (which I also get hahah) but I can’t shake the idea that it would be so awesome!

So how do you guys make it work?

Posted Jan 27, 2026, 11:29 AM UTC

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