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3 bright gifts for the smart home enthusiast: The Qualcomm 2022 Holiday Guide

Written by
Lara Piu
Nov 21, 2022
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With an estimated 175 million smart homes globally, 63 million in the United States, and a 25 percent growth anticipated by 2025, chances are you know someone who lives in — or wants to live in — in a smart home. 

With the ability to keep your loved ones safe, security, and moving forward in life … who can blame them? These devices are the easy street to time, money, and energy savings. 

Today's home is smart and connected. And as a giver, we’re helping you make intelligent holiday gift choices with our new guide to the most exciting new devices we’re enabling for the connected home this winter. 

Now more than ever, these technologies make the perfect gift for you or anyone who aspires to modern and efficient living. Here's our top selections for 2022.

 

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1. Smart home, fast track: Linksys Hydra Pro 6E

A smart home that’s connected deserves the speed it needs. The Linksys Hydra Pro 6E unleashes multi-gigabit velocity to more than 55 devices at one time.

Powered by our Qualcomm Immersive Home 216 Platform, this tri-band mesh WiFi 6E router empowers smart home owners with a 6GHz band connection. And with this low-latency device performance, they may want to thank you twice for giving them the gift of a smart home connected with seamless ease.

Full house? The Linksys Hydra Pro 6E promises interruption-free networking, even with a home full of pro gamers, 8K HD streamers, and video callers.

Linksys, Target, Best Buy, Amazon

$349.99

 

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2. Soft touch-less: Miku Pro Smart Baby Monitor

Checking in on baby is risky business in a noisy home… you never know what could happen. But the Miku Pro Smart Baby Monitor gives them all the information they need — from baby’s breathing and sleeping patterns and more — all from their smartphone.

This is just one of the ways we’re making your world safer. Powered by the Snapdragon 624, Qualcomm Adreno 506 GPU, and Qualcomm Hexagon 546 DSP, you can feel rest assured their baby monitor is backed by premium connectivity.

Miku

$399 

 

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3. The family headquarters: Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook

Optimize their smart home with a convenient, easy to use, always-accessible hub. Powered by Snapdragon 7c Gen 2, the IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook is the ultimate expression of ultra-portability and versatility. Slim and sleek, this detachable Chromebook easily transforms from tablet to a laptop so they can work at the desk or on their feet. This is an economical choice with robust capabilities for their smart home hub, with double duty as their personal computer, or as the family center for online recipes, video calls, gaming, and more.

Battery bonus: This laptop may be wallet friendly, but it includes our premium Qualcomm FastConnect 6200 with advanced WiFi and Bluetooth. Plus, our Target Wakeup Time feature increases battery life by lowering power consumption up to 67 percent.

Lenovo, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon

$499

 

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Opinions expressed in the content posted here are the personal opinions of the original authors, and do not necessarily reflect those of Qualcomm Incorporated or its subsidiaries ("Qualcomm"). The content is provided for informational purposes only and is not meant to be an endorsement or representation by Qualcomm or any other party. This site may also provide links or references to non-Qualcomm sites and resources. Qualcomm makes no representations, warranties, or other commitments whatsoever about any non-Qualcomm sites or third-party resources that may be referenced, accessible from, or linked to this site.

 

Snapdragon 7c Gen 2, Qualcomm FastConnect 6200, and the Qualcomm Immersive Home 216 Platform are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

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Lara Piu
Lara PiuEditor in Chief of OnQ & Manager, Marketing, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
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