Here’s How to Get the Most from Your Smart Home Devices
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Smart Home automation has many benefits. However, tech advances, new feature rollouts, and changing protocols can make leveraging all your devices to their greatest potential a challenge. Here’s some tips to get the most from your Smart Home devices.
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Add Some Smart Bulbs
While Smart Switches can make your home safer and more user-friendly, Smart Bulbscan bring dynamic, mood enhancing color into any room. That includes using warm whites versus cool whites in different rooms, at different times of day, or to set a mood. Smart Bulbs are also easier to install than Smart Switches and have virtually unlimited colour variations that can be set to change slowly or quickly. You can put different types of Smart Bulbs in multi-socket fixtures to create unique effects, and even sync them to music or movies.
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Smart Home Parental Safeguards
Smart Hubs allow for multiple users, including teens and younger kids, but they also provide parental controls to help keep them safe. This allows you to block access to specific websites and also certain types of content, for example due to its violent or explicit nature. You can also block online purchases or program the settings to ensure every purchase must be reviewed and approved by you.
Home Automation for Accessibility & Inclusivity
You can also leverage your Smart Home to enhance accessibility and inclusivity for different users. For example, people with limited vision, hearing, mobility, or cognitive abilities can operate their devices via voice command or remote control, eliminating the need for physical interaction or assistance. Smart Hubs and apps that support multiple languages can also be used to help your home inclusive for all family members, guests, and visitors.
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From comfort and convenience to security and cost-savings, Smart Home automation offers many advantages. The key to getting the most of your Smart Devices is using them to their full potential and integrating them together as much as possible.