You can use this a smart outlet for like smart you can turn a regular lamp into a smart bulb. I've basically turned mine into, in the summer, like a smart thermistat. So i don't have central air in the place i'm renting right now. All of them are plugged into one of these outlets and left on. If it's a hot day, i can just turn all my window units on from the car. It's another thing that's just super easy to, ike, check on how the house is doing. The wise cam has to be one of te just like, cheapest security cams out there right now,. twenty bucks for one of them....