CES 2019 home tech highlights: voice controlled smart displays and automatic pet feeders among the best tech gadgets for your home

The annual display of futuristic fantasy/dystopian nightmare that is the CES fair in Las Vegas introduced us to the full gamut of smart home gadgets in 2019, from a mechanical laundry folder to a remote pet feeder.

Some of the latest gadgets are just one step on from items many of us currently employ on a daily basis, while others have more than a slight whiff of the Jetsons about them.

One thing's for sure — voice control is no longer an emerging trend, with almost any household task now able to be dictated to a smart gadget.

Thanks to the proliferation of virtual assistants, smart speakers and the connected home, we're no longer tap-tap-tapping on our computer keyboards, but chat-chat-chatting to our gadgets.

We’ve picked out five of the best gadgets that could be making our homes smarter in the months to come.

Not only that, but many of them will also give you something to talk to when you're feeling lonely.

A contraption that folds your laundry for you may be bulky but anyone with the luxury of a utility room will surely appreciate the ability to pile in the clothes and watch them spew out folded to fit your shelf size.

Cat owners who like to travel will no longer need trouble the neighbours to top up Moggie's food, with the new breed of remotely operated smart pet feeders.

And even the humble toilet got a smart makeover with multi-coloured ambient lighting and built-in speakers offering a party in the bathroom.

There's also a smart lighting system, with wireless fan speed control, which you can turn on before you get home for those hot, summer nights.

Or how about a voice-activated smart screen that can look up a recipe and check the footie scores?

And the best thing? They usually do what they’re told, provided they can understand your accent.

Take a look through our gallery above for the best gadgets to make your home smarter.