How Smart Is Your Smart Home?

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The way that the world is going, every home will soon be jumping on the tech bandwagon and becoming smarter. It’s not just about being eco-friendlier – though we could all stand a little more of that – it’s about using the technology that we have at our fingertips and making things more efficient for ourselves.

We live in a time where we want everything on demand. We want our heat to come on before we arrive home from work so that we are warm. We want lighting that adjusts according to the population of a room and that is smart enough to switch off when a room is vacated. We even want our televisions to be smarter, with internet access and the cheapest TV deals around. Smart technology is changing the way that we live and is making us more efficient in everything that we do. They help us to achieve a better lifestyle, while providing us with better security and entertainment.

Other than being at work, people spend most of their time in their homes, so by gradually adding different smart devices, you can ensure that your home is slowly improved. Being able to schedule the lighting and heat, view who is at the front door with a comprehensive security system and even being able to live with a virtual assistant who can answer queries you may have and teach you how to cook are all great reasons to turn your home into a smart one. But how smart is your home? Have you even begun on the path to smart home enlightenment? Below, you’ll find several ways that you can start to automate your home and make your home smarter than ever.

A Virtual Assistant

While you could have a maid or a general person following you around with a dictionary, a virtual assistant is a far better idea. A smart home digital assistant such as these are the best way to make a start with making your house a smarter one to live in. Each of the virtual devices on the market are similar to each other, but they all do have their merits in different ways. Either way, you can access music, recipes, ask for help on a query, find the contact details of a company and even set reminders. They all work with different programming, so it is important to do your research and choose the one that’ll be best for you.

A Smart Hub

A hub is the most important tool for your smart home, as this is what is going to automate everything for you. You can connect all your smart devices together along with the Wi-Fi, so that your home can be controlled in one central brain.

A Smart Lighting System

Changing over your regular light bulbs for a smart set of bulbs for each room is going to revolutionise your home. At the push of a button, or even by voice control, you can change the brightness of the lights to suit the room. Bedroom lights, for example, may be dimmer than the ones that you have in the lounge. You can even choose to change the colour with certain bulbs and these bulbs are also far more efficient than the regular ones on the market. Setting the mood with your voice? Now that’s the future.

A Smart Heat System

Controlling the temperature of your house with a smart system means that you can do it wherever you are. You can automate the temperature through the house so that each room is at a different warmth than the next. You can control it using a smartphone and set it to come on at certain times of the day so that you wake up to a toasty home the next morning.

A Smart Entry System

A doorbell with a camera built in that is connected to your smartphone is the best way to keep your home secure. If you’re at work and the door goes, you can’t see it, but with this system you can! You can also talk through the device to let delivery men know where to put parcels. It’s a nice way to check in when the kids get home from school, too, so you can be reassured that they are safe.

Your home may not be as half as high-tech as you thought that it would be; but that can all change today. Automate to appreciate the way that technology can enhance your home. You won’t regret it.

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