With more and more devices becoming connected, it can be hard to get excited about consumer IoT. From toothbrushes to thermometers, kettles, and shoes, adding sensors and app and other functionalities to your products is the norm and no longer the novelty. Voice activation is augmenting app-enabled functionalities and it's likely with we'll see an increase in voice and haptic tech in 2019. Here are some of the products that caught my attention in 2018: