Of course we love to enhance our whole pool experience with luxurious lounge chairs, shaded seating areas and cushy cabana towels, but do you know which cool pool items are the hottest trends this year?

Now there are not only floating loungers, but floating hammocks, floating trays for refreshing drinks and snacks, and even floating cabana bars! Do you think you might like to rest your drink in a floating flamingo? Expand your inflatable collection to inflatable drink holders.

There are slightly submerged “sun shelves” for sunbathing, water features from soothing bubbles to cascading waterfalls, or how about a lighted, floating fountain? Lights also come in the floating, solar-powered and LED varieties. Weather-proof Bluetooth speakers can liven up any pool party, as may an inflatable movie screen and pool games now including putting greens.

On the more practical side of things, there are decorative drain covers and pool ladder-based foot washing basins. Consider topping off your incredible pool accessories with a robotic pool cleaner to free you up for what you love most…pool time! Then, smarten up your pool systems by linking your smartphone with everything from pool lights, to pool water heaters, to pool pumps. Pool covers, which can not only keep debris out of your pool, but enhance your comfort and conserve energy, can even be automatic. Speaking of heating, there are solar systems for pool water temperature regulation.

The remarkable pool accessories currently trending can definitely improve your pool time, whatever your pleasure.