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Logging off for the day should feel like a relief, but it sometimes takes more than just stepping away from the keyboard to wind down. Traffic can be rough, and once you get home, there can be stress there, too, from figuring out what to cook for dinner to looking around at everything that needs to be cleaned. That's why it's important to have some gadgets around, like smart lights or an eReader, that'll help make your evenings more relaxing when you need to hit pause for a little while.

Surprisingly, one of the easiest ways to help create a calm vibe in your home is with some smart device routine automation. With it, you can tell any of your connected smart devices to do something at a certain time. So, for example, you can have your smart lights dim and your smart speakers start playing a relaxing playlist right when you walk in the door.…