Best Touchless Technology for Your Home in 2023

Touchless tech can make household chores a breeze. It may even save you some money!

Touchless technology has become ever-present these days, having been integrated into many of our everyday transactions and shaping how we like to use our devices. Not only does it promote better hygiene and safety, but it also provides us with the added convenience of streamlining processes, allowing us to multitask with greater freedom.

Voice-controlled and motion sensor-activated technology is also prevalent among smart home devices and offers a transformative way to operate and interact with household technology. It can remove the chore from your chores, improve home security, and even help you become more energy efficient and save money. Touchless technology and Smart Home technology go hand in hand with one another, and all signs point to it being a partnership that will stand the test of time.

Here are our top picks for the best touchless technology for your home.

The perfect Goldilocks temperature day or night

The New Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced Programmable Wifi Thermostat automatically adjusts itself to suit your temperature preferences.

A great addition to any smart home, the Ecobee Smart Thermostat effortlessly integrates itself into your home setup, quickly making itself indispensable. This Wi-Fi-enabled thermostat is easy to install and compatible with Alexa, HomeKit, and Google Assistant. Using your smart home platform and the Ecobee app, you can control this thermostat from anywhere, and reap the benefits of a more energy-efficient home.

For instance, you can preheat or precool your home remotely so that you have the perfect temperature by the time you walk through the door. It automatically learns your schedule and temperature preferences so that it can make adjustments to keep you comfortable at all times. And it will adjust itself to account for humidity so that your home environment always feels just right.

The Ecobee Smart Thermostat will automatically adjust the temperature while you’re away from home too, to ensure nothing is being heated or cooled unnecessarily. In this way it can positively impact your energy bills, driving them down by as much as 26% per year. This hardwired unit is built to last for 10 years, and best of all, its sustainable design can help every home reduce its carbon footprint.

Self-cleaning and self-emptying robot vaccuum and mop

The Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra Robot Vacuum and Mop uses next-generation obstacle avoidance technology to navigate and clean floor spaces.

If ever there was a household chore that needed fully automating, it's the vacuuming. And happily, it is now, thanks to the ingenious Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra Robot Vacuum and Mop, which uses its 5100 Pa suction power to guarantee impressive results. Using next-generation obstacle avoidance technology, this Roborock skillfully navigates its way around your floorspace, side-stepping (or sweeping) past any objects in its way.

On-board cameras recognize the furniture in your home and factor this into Roborock's mapping process, while 3D structured light systems can identify unmapped objects in their path, allowing them to reconfigure their route on the fly. It has an automatic light that enables it to clean darker rooms and areas of the home and can even recognize different floor surfaces, and adjust its cleaning patterns to suit each surface.

But the real thing of beauty here is that all-singing, all-dancing docking station. It's self-cleaning, self-emptying, self-refilling, and self-washing. Roborock's mop gets washed in between its assignments, water will automatically be replaced via the clean water tank, automatic dust emptying gradually fills up a 2.5-liter trash bag, and the dock cleans itself too. All this without you lifting a finger. Like a Dalek, its only weakness is staircases.

Control your kitchen's water flow with a voice command or a wave of your hand

Achieve the perfect pour with the Moen 7565EVBL Align Smart Touchless Pull-Down Sprayer Kitchen Faucet with Voice Control.

A smart kitchen faucet might not be the first thing you think of when it comes to smart home technology, but hear us out. The Moen 7565EVBL Smart Kitchen Faucet has plenty of cool functions to make life that little bit easier. This touchless faucet is compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant and can be programmed with customizable presets.

Control the flow of water with voice commands, the Moen Smart Water app, or by waving your hand across the motion sensor on the faucet itself. Or by using your hands, if you wish! It can precisely dispense water at your desired temperature up to 120 degrees Fahrenheit, and with precise measurements too. Ask it to dispense just one tablespoon of water, and that's exactly what you’ll get.

The ability to control the flow, temperature, and volume of water completely hands-free makes multi-tasking in your kitchen an absolute breeze. And the Moen app provides useful data related to your water usage, plus customizable settings for your smart faucet. Command the tides like Moses, and experience a kitchen water supply that's more fluid than ever before.

Voice and Motion Sensor Activated Trash Can

Keep kitchen waste organized and hands germ-free with the Simplehuman 56 Liter Voice and Motion Sensor Activated Trash Can Recycler

Giving a brand-new meaning to the term "trash talking," the Simplehuman Voice and Motion Sensor Trash Can lets you talk rubbish, over and over again. With fast and accurate voice recognition, this 58-liter trash can and recycler will open with just a word. And its built-in motion sensor will open the lid with a simple wave of your hand.

On the inside, dual compartments make it nice and easy to separate recycling from trash, with ample storage for both. A stay-open lid means food waste can be easily transferred while cooking, keeping hands clear of bin-related germs, and a nano-silver fingerprint-proof coating on the outside keeps that shiny surface looking pristine if you’re ever tempted to open the bin the old-fashioned way.

This hands-free convenience most definitely comes at a premium, as this voice-activated trash can does not come cheap. However, it's a great way to reduce the transference of germs around your kitchen space and prevents the need to fumble with your bin lid while trying to keep hold of the trash at the same time. With a handy liner pocket on the inside for easy dispensing bin liners as well, taking out the trash just got a whole lot easier.

Solar powered surveillance for the home

Keep tabs on your home wherever you are with the Ring Spotlight Cam Plus.

Solar-powered security for your home, the Ring Spotlight Cam Plus lets you look in any time with wide-angle 1080p HD video and color night vision, thanks to its Live View mode. It features two motion-activated LED spotlights and has a built-in security siren to scare the pants off any would-be intruders.

Customizable motion zones let you choose which areas receive the most coverage from your camera, and Two-Way talk lets you speak with visitors or delivery people remotely, too. The Spotlight Cam Plus is compatible with Alexa, so you can receive audio announcements when motion has been detected. And a solar-powered battery means its power supply is very low maintenance as well.

Instant alerts via the Ring app let you take action immediately, should any kind of disturbance be detected. Settings can be customized via the Ring app, and you can connect your Spotlight Cam Plus to other Ring devices as well, for a more comprehensive home security setup. Self-sufficient hands-free security for your home, providing you with 24/7 peace of mind.

Keyless security for your home

Turn your existing deadbolt into a smart lock with the August Home, Wi-Fi Smart Lock (4th Generation).

Making your deadbolt more secure in only 10 minutes, the August Home Smart Lock is a cinch to install. Designed to fit over most single-cylinder deadbolts, this Wi-Fi smart lock adds hands-free smart functionality to your door. Compatible with Alexa, Google Assistant, HomeKit, and Smart Things, it can be integrated as part of your smart home setup and will respond to voice commands.

With smart device control you can lock or unlock your door remotely without having to touch it, and without having to carry keys around with you. With DoorSense you can check whether the door is locked, unlocked, closed, or open, via the activity feed. And you can set smart notifications to tell you when selected people arrive home, which is very handy for anxious parents with teenage children staying out late!

A Guest Key feature can be granted to visiting guests or family too, granting them easy access to your home for the duration of their stay. Plus, Auto-Lock and Unlock mean you don't have to worry about whether you locked the door ever again, as it secures itself once the door is closed. Ideal for beefing up your home security and for dispensing with traditional hand-operated keys. Sorry, locksmiths.

A breath of fresh air for your Smart Home

Experience cleaner, fresher air at home with the LEVOIT Core 300S Smart True HEPA Air Purifier.

Traditional elbow grease can clean up most things in the home, but it can't touch the air that you breathe. With so many pollutants affecting the quality of our air, it's well worth considering investing in a smart air purifier so that you can breathe easily again. The Levoit H13 True HEPA Air Purifier works around the clock to level up your air quality.

Using a three-stage filtration process it captures up to 99.7% of all airborne particles. It's compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant, and can also be remotely controlled via the VeSync app, where you can check your air quality and set schedules. There's an Auto-Mode that can be initiated which will detect any increase in airborne particles, and adjust fan speeds accordingly.

An ultra-quiet 22-decibel Night Mode means you can leave this smart air purifier on overnight too, so you can enjoy more restful sleep. Perfect for tackling dust, pollen, pet hair, smoke, and allergies, the Levoit H13 True HEPA Air Purifier wages a silent war on your behalf so that you can enjoy breathing cleaner, purer air, all day and all night.

There are many factors to consider when contemplating what type of touchless technology would benefit your home. Household chores, for instance, are often one of the things that often get left by the wayside as a result of our busy lives. And therefore hands-free smart technology like the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra Robot Vacuum and Mop can be a lifesaver for those that like the idea of automated cleaning, and can afford its significant price tag.

Home security is also a chief concern among many people, and the chance to make your home feel more secure is worth paying a premium for. Whether it's by investing in a smart security system like the Ring Spotlight Cam Plus, which runs on solar power and provides a live video feed outside the home, with instant alerts and remote functionality, or by bolstering your existing deadbolt and equipping it with keyless remote technology, like the August Home Smart Lock.

However, a great all-rounder for any home is the Ecobee Smart Thermostat. For starters, it's much more affordable than many other options. It can be controlled with voice assistants or via the Ecobee app and can be fully customized to suit your preferences. Not only that, but over time it will learn your behavioral patterns, and will automatically adjust temperatures in line with these. By detecting when you're at home or out, it will automatically stop heating or cooling the room in your absence, meaning your home will become more energy efficient as a result. By learning your routines and adapting to them, it provides truly touchless technology that you'll barely ever need to interact with to enjoy its benefits.

The perfect Goldilocks temperature day or night

The New Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced Programmable Wifi Thermostat automatically adjusts itself to suit your temperature preferences.

Rob is a freelance writer with a BA Hons Degree in English and Media Studies and a Diploma in Proofreading and Editing. After several years working in the financial sector, Rob decided to pursue his passion for writing and joined MUO as a Buyer's Guide writer in 2022. Rob is passionate about music, movies, gaming, martial arts, and of course... tech.