App-connected brewers that wake you up with a perfect cup. We tested ten of the most popular models to find the ones worth your money.
What makes a coffee maker smart?
A smart coffee maker connects to your home Wi-Fi and lets you brew, schedule and tune drinks from an app, a voice assistant (Alexa, Google, Siri) or an automation routine (geofenced, calendar-aware or sleep-tracker triggered). The best ones also learn your habits — remembering brew sizes, grind levels and milk preferences per family member.
1. Behmor Connected Brewer
The nerd’s favourite. Behmor lets you dial in brew temperature between 190–210°F, control pre-infusion time and name custom recipes. It’s SCA-certified and works with Alexa. A good pick for pour-over fans who want a drip machine that mimics manual brewing.
2. Ratio Eight Series
Beautifully engineered — real walnut and glass. Not technically Wi-Fi, but its one-touch recipe presets and refined pour-over kettle head produce café-grade coffee. Pick it if you care about looks as much as about taste.
3. Breville Oracle Touch (BES990)
A full espresso machine with built-in grinder, automatic milk texturing and a touchscreen. Pricey, but it replaces three separate appliances. The Oracle Jet is the smarter follow-up with recipe downloads.
4. De'Longhi Dinamica Plus
An automatic espresso maker that can be controlled with the De’Longhi Coffee Link app. Save favourite drinks per user, start a cappuccino from your phone and run cleaning cycles remotely.
5. Gevi 10-Cup Smart Drip
Entry-level smart drip. Alexa-ready, programmable 24 hours out and surprisingly good coffee for the price. The ideal gift for someone’s first smart kitchen.
6. Atomi Smart Coffee Maker
Simple, affordable and widely compatible. Atomi plugs into IFTTT, Alexa and Google Assistant. If you already have a smart home it slots in without fuss.
7. Hamilton Beach FlexBrew Trio with Wi-Fi
Three brew formats (K-cup, single mug, carafe) in one footprint. The Wi-Fi version adds scheduling and Alexa; a smart choice for households that drink coffee in different ways.
8. Ninja DualBrew Pro Smart XL
SmartThings and Alexa compatible, with a built-in milk frother and iced-coffee modes. The 12-cup carafe is huge, which helps if you host often.
9. Spinn Pro
Spinn uses centrifugal force to brew everything from espresso to cold brew without pods or paper filters. The app pulls recipes from third-party roasters. Innovative, if not for everyone.
10. Fellow Aiden
Fellow’s first drip brewer. Precise brew-head temperature, bloom timing, and recipe sharing via QR code. Won most 2024 editor’s-choice awards and still a top pick.
How to choose
- If you drink filter coffee: look at Behmor, Fellow Aiden or Ratio.
- If you drink espresso: Breville Oracle Touch or De’Longhi Dinamica Plus.
- If you want cheap and functional: Gevi or Atomi.
- If you want pod flexibility: Hamilton Beach FlexBrew.
Final thoughts
Research moves on, prices change, new models and options launch every month. The right pick for you is the one that fits your constraints — budget, use case, climate, time commitment — not the one that scores highest on paper. We update this article at least every six months. If something here is out of date, email [email protected] and we will fix it quickly.
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