What can you control in a smart home?

There are many things that can be controlled in a smart home through voice commands or an application on your smartphone. An example would be controlling the brightness of your light bulb or the volume of your stereo through your smartphone. Devices such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home can control your television or what music is playing.

What do I need to make my house a smart home?

A great place to get started is with smart lighting. Just purchase smart light bulbs and download their corresponding application to take full control of them with your phone. Speakers like the Amazon Echo and the Google Home collection are a great starting point, as they can also connect to your lights and your voice commands connected to the speaker can also control your devices. Changing your power outlets to ones like the ConnectSense Smart Outlet is another way to make more items in your home smart operated, as you can control the outlet with your phone and voice commands to turn things on and off as well as monitor energy usage.

What is a smart home gadget?

A smart home device is a gadget or accessory that connects to a hub (smartphone etc) and allows you to take full control of the device with your mobile phone, voice activation or another device. Examples include smart toilets, smart locks, google home devices and robot vacuums.

Matthew Croft

Matthew Croft is an avid traveler and tech enthusiast. He tends to highlight on the best travel and luggage gadgets to bring on his holidays. He's also a regular publisher of many gadget reviews that will excite you!