The app has been improved and is more intuitive and easier to use. It has several functions including a ‘keep warm’ function which maintains water temperature for 40 minutes. You can set the kettle to start heating water at a certain time such as in the morning before you wake up or in the evening before you arrive home. Sometimes the first thing we do when we get out of bed in the morning or arrive home from a long journey or work is to head into the kitchen to put the kettle on. With the iKettle you can start boiling your kettle from anywhere in the house via your Smartphone or tablet without even setting foot into the kitchen. Using the iKettle app you will save up to two days a year by pre-boiling your kettle saving you up to five minutes at a time. The iKettle is smart, it will tell you when your hot water is ready to pour, remind you to refill and tell you when the kettle is empty. You can also keep your water hot for up to 30 minutes, for those ‘one cup of tea is never enough’ situations. And the App Kettle has energy and safety features built in. It’s also a good choice for left-handed people as the base is 360° base. Smart kettle main features

Whilst this saves you ever having to wait for the kettle to boil again, it can have a big impact on your energy usage which will cost you more money and isn’t great for sustainability. The app also tells you how much water is in the kettle although there is no water meter on the kettle itself which might be frustrating for those times that you don’t want to use the app to boil it. You can also choose which notifications you want to receive, such as when the kettle has finished boiling or has finished cooling. The Smarter iKettle Original works with both Alexa and Google Assistant as well so you can give it voice commands. One thing that takes up a huge chunk of your time when you’re a new parent is making the endless stream of baby bottles up, at just the right temperature. One of the iKettle’s best smart kettle features is the handy Formula Mode, which can help you by remotely preparing the water at the perfect temperature for your baby’s bottle. Night feeds just got a little bit easier. Smart Device FeaturesWi-Fi - For the sake of this list, “smart” means “programmable”. But the fact that it’s programmable doesn’t necessarily indicate that an electric smart kettle can be operated via your smartphone with a compatible app or Bluetooth. Some can be connected to the phone and some can’t. Even if a kettle does offer remote control, this is one of those smart features that may not really be useful as you will rarely turn on the kettle remotely and certainly not without putting water in it first. If you need to walk to the kettle to fill it with water, the use of connectivity kind of becomes redundant. Your smartphone. If it comes with an app, is it compatible with your smartphone and operating system? Another nice feature is the keep warm setting. If you don’t want to use all the water immediately, simply press the keep warm button and the kettle will hold the water at the set temperature for 20 minutes.

The Appkettle looks more like a traditional kettle and will blend in well in your kitchen. Unlike the Smarter iKettle, this one has a water meter on the side which allows you to see the water level without opening it or using the app. At 1.7L it’s roughly the same size as the Smarter iKettle.

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Faulty/defective products after 14 days. (excluding all plasma LCD & LED televisions larger than 32-inch as well as all large appliances) A: Smart kettles pretty much do the same thing as old-school kettles do and that is boil water. However, they also allow you to choose a specific temperature to brew different types of tea. With some smart kettles, you can even boil water for your tea remotely via Bluetooth or an app which is something the older kettles couldn't even dream of. Q: Is a smart kettle worth it? Who’d have thought that so much work and research could go into making a kettle? Well, that’s exactly what happened with the App Kettle. It was developed in the UK and years of development went into researching how to make the perfect kettle of the future. The result is the awesome App Kettle. Where’s my TEA!?