Best Outdoor Smart Plugs for 2025: Outside-Ready Outlets

Most smart plugs and their app-based controls are designed for indoor use. For outdoor smart plugs, you need to find a specialized model — which is where our hours of testing at CNET come in handy. Outdoor smart plugs aren't only made for bad weather and rain — they also have scheduling, remote control and customization options that can take care of your holiday lighting, outdoor electrical features, Halloween decorations and plenty more.

If you're interested in that smart convenience, you'll find our top picks below along what that tricks they can do, from monitoring your energy use to syncing lights with music.

What is the best overall outdoor smart plug?

Kasa outdoor smart plug on colored background

After reviewing multiple outdoor smart plug models from top brands, we chose the TP-Link Kasa EP40 as the easiest to use ...