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A Smart Home is really just a collection of technical home automation concepts that are implemented by your installer and integrated together to meet certain goals and expectations of you, the client. A good job entails providing the highest quality of integration between the chosen 'Home Automation concepts' using products that are, by themselves as stand-alone products, well supported in the market and can be enhanced by cross-linking with other Smart Home systems.

In this article is a description of many of the Smart Home Automation concepts worth considering. How they interract in your new Smart Home will define whether you have a premium installation or just a collection of orphaned islands of functionality. You can end up with a home that is almost intuitive to your needs, but realise that the more you want it customised to your personal needs, the higher the cost of integration.

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      HOME AUTOMATION 
   

    


Home automation gives you access to control devices in your home from a mobile device anywhere in the world. The term may be used for isolated programmable devices, like thermostats and sprinkler systems, but home automation more accurately describes homes in which nearly everything -- lights, appliances, electrical outlets, heating and cooling systems -- are hooked up to a remotely controllable network. From a home security perspective, this also includes your alarm system, and all of the doors, windows, locks, smoke detectors, surveillance cameras and any other sensors that are linked to itHome Automation Developments

Until fairly recently, automated central control of building-wide systems was found only in larger commercial buildings and expensive homes. Typically involving only lighting, heating and cooling systems, building automation rarely provided more than basic control, monitoring and scheduling functions and was accessible only from specific control points within the building itself.

The first and most obvious beneficiaries of this approach are "smart" devices and appliances that can be connected to a local area network, via Ethernet or Wi-Fi. However, electrical systems and even individual points, like light switches and electrical outlets, were also integrated into home automation networks, and businesses have even explored the potential of IP-based inventory tracking. Although the day is still far off when you'll be able to use your mobile browser to track down a lost sock, home networks are capable of including an increasing number of devices and systems.

THE IMPORTANCE OF SMART HOME TECHNOLOGY

I very much believe customer expectations of a new home is and will continue to follow the expectations they have of features found in a modern car, especially as reliable, compact and fully inclusive integration technology is offered to them in an ever increasingly affordable fashion. Very few people today would reject the idea of having electric windows, electronic management systems (which dramatically improves efficiency), Bluetooth connected entertainment and communication systems, parking sensors, high technology keyless entry and security systems and Satellite Navigation systems in their car. In fact the lack of any of these features makes a car a lot less desirable and a lot harder to sell today.

This can also be seen in the desire that has existed for some time now in the housing market for properties with features such as under floor heating, and more recently energy saving devices such as extremely high levels of insulation, PV energy generation and heat recovery systems. Such properties are relatively rare and very much demand a premium value and are quickly snapped up.

The consumer is fully aware of the cost of energy, both financially and from an environmental point of view, and that its expense is not only going to rise, but do so in an ever accelerating fashion. Therefore, just as the new car has to be more efficient, consumers will demand very efficient next homes.

In the same way a home equipped with a sophisticated alarm system, not just the type the wakes the neighbours, but that actually sends you video footage to your phone to allow to understand what’s going on, is increasingly sensible. The very same electronics now allow the consumer to communicate with the home to control lights, temperature, blinds etc., all remotely from the smartphone.

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TECH HOUSE OF THE FUTURE

it's o fficial. Google has finally entered the race for home automation. So far, the only premium choices available for integrating the different devices in your smart home were Amazon Echo and Apple Home. That meant choosing between a flawed monopoly and a smartphone application. No matter which one you owned, you would always remain at the risk of being underwhelmed and forced into constriction by a single franchise. However, with the introduction of Google Home, things have turned a bit flexible in the realm of home automation, giving birth to a rather healthy competition.

Let's face it. As huge as Amazon may be in the eCommerce market, it is still ways from achieving a monopoly over our smart lives. It doesn't have its own smart OS, neither does it release any significant line of hardware other than the Kindle Fire. Thus, Amazon still has little control over our lives when we are not in the mood for basking in the goodness of retail therapy. Google, on the other hand, has been a significant part of our everyday lives for quite some time, rivaled only by Microsoft and Apple. We can't go past a single hour of our average day without looking something up on its massive search engine, not to mention the fact that almost every smart device we own is wired up using its gigantic Android operating system. Thus, Google Home is already at an advantage as it easily builds in with our Google-driven lifestyle, allowing for smoother integration with our Google-powered devices.

Given that Google started out as an information hub rather than a commercial giant, it is only obvious that it has a headstart as far as behavioral analytics is concerned. While Amazon has the latest hardware, Google stands out with its experience in studying and manipulating the world wide web. Naturally, Google's new artificial intelligence software, known as Google Assistant, is smarter than Alexa, the voice service utilized by Amazon Echo. Not only does the Google Assistant make it easier for you to issue commands by voice, it also boasts the capability of being able to understand and follow up on complicated commands that would leave the old Google Home scratching its head. Some people have gone so far as to say that the Google Assistant is even better than Apple's Siri, or at least more exciting for the time. The Google Home clearly has an edge over its competitors here as it empowers our smart home with the ability to answer complex questions faster and provide the user with more options to run with.

Finally comes the issue of compatibility. Amazon Echo has been trying really hard for some time now to provide support for some of the more popular smart home services and applications. However, from a prospective viewpoint, Google seems to have a better chance at bringing more and more services on board with its program. Google Home, although far newer, has announced that not only will it be completely compatible with all 'Works with Nest' products, but also expand its list of compatible services through an increasing list of partners via Google for voice. Given Google's history of working together with partners to develop better end products, it is likely to make good on that promise.

Efficient, convenient and capable. The vision for the perfect smart home is quite apparent. What remains yet to be seen is how the major tech giants of today come up with the best of technologies to make this dream come true. While the stars may be on Google's side for the time being, one shouldn't dare underestimate what Apple or Amazon can come up with to level the competition.

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    APPLIANCE USED FOR THE SMART HOME

As a kid who grew up with futuristic video games, reruns of "The Jetsons" on TV Land, and an overactive imagination, I'm more than ready for the "house of the future."

But with so many smart-home products on the market, it's hard to separate the good ones from those that aren't quite ready for primetime.

I've used all the products on this list, except for the last one, and all of them have made my apartment smarter, and my life easier.

Every smart home needs a hub. Whether you opt to use Apple's HomeKit and Siri, Samsung's SmartThings and an app, or the Amazon's Echo and Alexa. After going back and forth for almost a year about whether I was comfortable having an "always listening" device in my apartment, I decided to take the plunge. It's been great. In addition to being able to ask the Echo a whole bunch of questions about the news or weather, it gives you the ability to interact with smart-home products using only your voice. It's amazing. 

Voice operation removes a layer of friction between me and my smart-home devices that I didn't know would be there. It's so much more natural and fluid than fumbling through an app. All of the devices on this list are Echo-compatible, and honestly, I wouldn't buy a smart-home product if it wasn't.My first post-Echo purchase was Hue bulbs. At first, they seem absolutely unnecessary, and while they're a definite luxury, they're extremely useful. My apartment only has one source of light — a ceiling lamp. It got annoying to get up and cross the room to flip the light switch before going to sleep each night. Instead, I say, "Alexa, turn off my bedroom lights," and boom, they're off.

I can also set the bulbs to rotate between different colors, which is nothing more than a fun party trick, but hey, it's nice to have fun once in a while! These bulbs were the smart-home device I was looking forward to trying the most, and they haven't disappointed.

In the same family as the Hue Bulbs, the Hue Lightstrip is a very thin, but very bright light strip. Once you have one set of Hue devices set up, it's dangerously simple to add more. This light strip lives in my kitchen, underneath a set of cabinets. Having these on all night (and able to be turned off with a single voice cue) has saved me a bunch of stubbed toes during nighttime trips to my bathroom.

Like Hue's bulbs, the power strip can be dimmed, which is great because I need these to be a room-filling nightlight, not a beacon.

Sometimes you don't want to buy a smart product, but wish the products you have and love were a little smarter. TP-Link's SmartPlug is able to make that happen, because whatever you plug into the SmartPlug can be turned on and off through an app or Echo. There is a maximum voltage, though, so this should be used for smaller-scale stuff, like a teakettle, rather than an air conditioner.

While I got this product for the Echo support — "Alexa, turn on my teakettle" is a common command in the morning — I also wanted it for its safety features. Because you can turn off anything plugged into a SmartPlug from anywhere, it saves me the stress of trying to remember, "wait, did I turn that off?"

If that thought has crossed your mind halfway into your commute, this product is worth picking up for the peace of mind it can offer alone.

I've actually been using the Nest longer than my Echo, but it was installed in my mom's house. She doesn't really care about smart-home products at all, but neither one of us liked the thermostats that had been installed when the house was built 25 years ago. So I bought her a Nest, and neither one of us has looked back.The Nest is really easy to use (it was made by the same designer who designed the iPod, and it shows), and I've never woken up to frigid cold or scalding heat since installing it.
In the time since I bought my mom's Nest, the company has released its third-generation thermostat with Alexa support. I haven't gotten to try it yet, but the thought of being able to change the temperature of your place with your voice is mighty enticing.

Automatic works by plugging into a diagnostic port on your car that most people, myself included, don't even know is there. It connects to an app on your phone and gives you diagnostic information about you car. This lets you know the problems your car is having before you go to a mechanic. As someone who isn't that mechanically inclined, this is a lifesaver.

Most appealing, though, is that Automatic now connects to the Echo, letting you ask, "where did I park" and, "how much gas is left in my car?" These little time-savers are what smart products are all about.

  

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