Christmas is just around the corner and it’s the best time to be with your loved ones. Unfortunately, some of us, including me, won’t be able to celebrate this Christmas with them this year.
To feel a little less lonely and more connected to our distant loved ones, I’m on a quest to find some really cool gadgets. Here are some of the best ones that I have come across:
Love Lamps
Love lamps are a great gadget for letting your long-distanced loved ones know that you’re thinking about them. Now, let’s see how they work:
How to Use?
Setting up a love lamp is easy since you just need to connect it to its app on the smartphone. Then you can tap on the love lamp and it will instantly light up your loved one’s love lamp. And in the same way, when your long-distanced loved one touches the love lamp, yours will be lightened up.
Love lamp is available in several colors to choose from and some brands may let you connect multiple love lamps and light them simultaneously.
Where to Shop
Luvlink’s love lamp costs around $99 on Amazon and offers a lot of features.
Love Box
It’s a cute little box with a heart that spins whenever you receive a photo, message, or video from your loved ones. Let’s see how it works:
How to Use?
Love Box connects to your smartphone via its app and you need to connect this gadget to a power outlet to keep it working. Setting up this gadget starts with a secret code exclusive to every device.
Once you share this code with your loved ones, they may easily share pictures, gifs, texts, templates, and more on your Love Box’s screen. And as soon as you or your loved ones receive something in the Love Box, a cute little heart starts spinning until the box is opened.
One more thing; once Love Box is set up and connected to a power outlet and internet, do not disconnect it. Otherwise, you may need to set it up again. On that account, you may want to explore Xfinity internet plans as they offer consistent speeds and reliability at affordable rates.
Digital Photo Frames
Digital photo frames are more than ordinary photo frames and let you change pictures from an app. Now, let’s see how to get started with a digital photo frame:
How to Use?
A digital photo frame is connected to its app where you can display the photos on the frame. Some quality digital photo frames also let you display short videos – all controlled via the app. You may invite your loved ones to the app and share the pictures or short videos you want them to see.
Also, some digital photo frames let you display photos and videos without an active internet connection. You may connect such digital frames to the internet once, store photos or videos, and display them even without an internet connection. However, to send or receive new photos or short videos, you may need a reliable internet connection.
Where to Shop
The 10-inch Skylight Frame is a quality one and costs around $149.99.
Touch Bracelet
A touch bracelet is a wonderful tool to remind someone that you’re thinking about them with a simple tap. Let’s see how it works:
How to Use?
A touch bracelet is connected to your smartphone via its app. Once you’ve added a touch bracelet, add the other one – one you’ve gifted to your long-distance loved one in the app. Then, whenever you tap on the touch bracelet, the other bracelet will light up automatically.
Where to Shop:
Bond Touch is offering a touch bracelet that costs around only $69.99.
Bonus Suggestion: Family Album Apps
Family album apps such as FamilyAlbum are a great way to share pictures and videos with your long-distant loved ones. On most family album apps, you may share an invitation link with your long-distanced loved ones you want to share photos and videos.
Then, you may easily upload photos/videos on the platform to share with your long-distance loved ones. Also, as these photos/videos may be stored in a cloud, you won’t have to worry about the privacy of such apps.