What is a Smart home and what can it do for you?
What is a smart home?
This seemingly simple question can be answered several different ways
depending on who you ask, but for the sake of this article I will answer in the
most basic way I know how. A smart home
is a residence that is equipped with several devices that automate everyday
tasks by using voice commands or artificial intelligence.
For some homeowners, turning a home into a smart home could be as simple as adding a voice assistant, like Google assistant or Amazon’s Alexa. For others it could be linking together several devices such as security systems, cameras, computers, phones, appliances, TV’s, and more.
So, a smart home sounds cool and all, but why should you
even consider one? Well in this article
I will go over my top 3 reason you should consider making your home SMART.
Saving Energy and Money
Who doesn’t want to pay less on their electric bill! With
smart thermostats you can quickly and precisely automate the heating and
cooling of a home usually resulting in a lower electric bill at the end of the
month. With other devices like smart
lights and appliances you can use less energy by powering them down while they’re
not in use adding to the savings.
Security and Safety
Smart home security is really a thing of beauty. Cameras,
lights, doorbells, and locks all working seamlessly to protect your home. Making your home connected allows you to keep
an eye on it from anywhere with just your smart phone. For instance, when your kids come home from
school you can check in on them with your smart camera and even communicate
with them with two-way audio in the cameras. Even better, your kids are home
alone and the doorbells rings. Instead
of the kids going to answer to see who it is, you can check the doorbell camera
to make sure it’s safe. Yes, we are
living in the future!
Entertainment
Smart homes are great for entertaining. Connecting speakers, TV’s, lights and much
more to voice assistants, so that you can control your whole home by simply
speaking. Hosting a party and want music
to play all through out the house? Just
set up some connected speakers and ask your voice assistant to play your
favorite playlist. Want to turn on the
big game? Ask your voice assistant to
turn it on. Gone are the days of having
to run around ragged to get things done. Simply ask your favorite voice
assistant to do it for you.
Smart homes can change our lives. Automating some of our day to day duties allows us to spend more of our time doing the things we love; with the people we love. If you liked this blog, we post one every month, so stayed tuned to catch the next one and if you can’t wait, follow us on Facebook at MidCentury.OneSource where we post the latest smart home and streaming news.
This article is really interesting. Smart security appliances is one main thing to change your simple home into smart home. Secure your home with Smart devices like ip camera's, video doorbell camera, burglar alarm, door fingerprint padlock etc. Smart home gives comfort and peace of mind.
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