Quirky
In recent years, some of these devices have evolved from an easy source of skepticism to things that are actually worth buying. The Amazon Echo is a genuinely useful assistant, and personally I'm all in on the energy-saving ways of smart lighting. Roombas, Nests, and WeMo switches have their virtues, too.
Other products - let's just say it's harder to see the mass appeal. Lately there's been a wave of self-proclaimed smart devices that take the "things" part of "Internet of Things" very seriously. While I can't totally dismiss them, sometimes they go past the point of utility and into the land of cynicism. (Or at least weirdness.)
To illustrate just how far the tech world is willing to go to make anything and everything connected, let's look at a few of these things, all of which actually for real exist.