This $40 smart socket lets you control regular light bulbs with your smartphone

The home is getting smarter, and perhaps the easiest thing to give intelligence to is home lighting. There are plenty of smart lighting products out there – ranging from smart light bulbs to smart light strips to smart light switches, but iDevices has released a product that aims to give your previously dumb lighting some smarts without the need to replace all your bulbs or switches. That product is called the iDevices Socket, and it essentially screws into any regular light socket, after which you can, in turn, screw any regular light bulb into the socket itself. With the socket, those lights will get smart dimming controls and you’ll get the ability to control them with your phone or voice – plus the device has a nice nightlight built right into it.