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There are many smart home
product categories, so you can
control everything from lights and
temperature to locks and security in
your home.
Smart Home Hubs and Controllers
Before you start assembling your
smart home, it pays to think about
which smart home ecosystem you’ll
want to start with.
A hub serves as the centre of your
home automation system and ties
all of your devices together. Whether
you need one or not depends on the
type of components you’re using
and how many devices you want to
control.
Smart home hubs are able to
control many smart home devices
and systems, including smart
sensors on thermostats, lightbulbs,
outlets and switches, door locks
and sensors, doorbells, garage
door openers, energy monitors,
and window treatments/coverings
and sensors. They can also control
motion sensors, flood and leak
sensors, smart radios and speakers,
security systems and cameras,
smoke and carbon monoxide
detectors, irrigation controllers,
and fans, water heaters and other
household appliances.
Smart Lighting
Smart lighting is one area of the smart
home that just about anyone can
tackle. It requires little explanation,
installation, and fiddling, and before
you know it, you’re enjoying the
lovely hues of your new smart light
bulbs, controlling them with just
your phone or your voice.
Smart lighting is great because
of the options you have at your
disposal: you can control them with
just your smart phone or with a
voice command.
These apps enable you to change
the brightness of the bulbs, and if
the bulbs have coloured LEDs you
can change their colours too. You’ll
often find that smart light systems
can also be accessorised with
additional items such as dimmer
switches or motion detectors.
That opens up a whole world of
possibilities, which you might call
light recipes: you might have one
light recipe for watching movies,
another for dinnertime, and yet
another for reading. Switching from
one recipe to another is as simple
as tapping a smartphone or yelling
at your favourite voice-activated
personal assistant.