Science fiction or reality?
Because life is no longer understood without technology. Because words like science fiction or virtual reality are already a reality, for all that and much more your home cannot remain in the last century.
The homes of the future will be those whose elements are clever in order to achieve the greatest efficiency and comfort. Smart homes are those that use home automation through various devices to better manage resources, save, and allow their inhabitants to live in them more comfortably.
Although it may seem like a futuristic situation, it is the present and you can already turn your home into a smart home by incorporating new technologies and devices.
How to turn your home into a smart home
Although it is not a widely spread technology in our country, you will increasingly find more devices that help you have greater control over your home.
Voice assistants
One of the most revolutionary elements of recent times has been voice assistants. These are capable of carrying out simple orders by voice to meet the needs of the home's inhabitants. Properly connected to the rest of the home automation systems you have installed in your home, you can request orders, control the light intensity, or turn the heating on and off without leaving the sofa. Some brands like Google, Apple, or Amazon already have their own voice assistants:
- Echo & Alexa: created by Amazon, consisting of a speaker called Echo and a voice assistant named Alexa. These assistants can integrate with any compatible device. For example, if you notice that the scent in your home is not right and you want to make it stronger because you have guests, you can activate your fragrance diffuser from your sofa. The SPC Nerta is compatible with this device and will allow you to control the aroma of your home at all times.
- Google Home: is the home assistant from Google, working similarly to other devices of this type and you can connect it with those it is compatible with, for example with your robot vacuum SPC Baamba Gyro 4.0 to start it when you need it.
- Home Kit & Siri: created by Apple, this kit includes all the home automation products developed by Apple. Unlike the others, they are only compatible with the brand’s products, so their installation is more costly.
Temperature control
Digital thermostats and devices to control them remotely are very useful. Besides providing comfort, since you can turn your heating and cooling systems on and off remotely, you can also control the consumption of these devices and manage them more efficiently.
- SPC Horus: is a remote control for climate and devices that can work with infrared technology. With this device and installing its app on your phone, you can control your home's temperature and turn the climate systems on and off.
- Nest smart thermostat: only controls heating but can regulate your home's temperature to your liking. It is smart because it learns your habits and sets the temperature you need at each moment. This will help you save, especially if you do not have a thermostat.
- Ecobee3: allows you to control the temperature and consumption of the home's climate control. You can control it through its app; it works via Wifi.
Lighting
On the market, you can already find many LED bulbs capable of saving up to 80 percent of energy consumption, but you can make them even more effective if you control them with smart bulbs that you can manage from your mobile phone. With these lighting systems, you can completely change the atmosphere of any room.
You can adjust the color or intensity of your bulbs just by using your mobile phone. This way, you will create a unique feeling of comfort and personalization. You can create your own atmospheres since you can easily and, above all, efficiently adapt the lighting of each room at every moment of the day.
The light you need at each moment is not the same, since you do not need the same intensity when you are reading as when you are watching TV or a movie with your friends. So why can the bulbs in your home only have two settings?
With these smart bulbs, you can care for the environment by saving energy and make any corner of your home a special place.
Protection
Imagine you live with others in a shared flat and want to check that everything is fine in your room when you are away for the weekend. You can easily monitor the entire room by installing security cameras that you can control directly from an app on your phone.
These cameras do not require wired installation, nor do they need to be managed by a security company. You will be in charge of managing them at all times. They are also very useful in homes with pets since you can check if they are well at all times. You can check if they have enough food and water when you are away to alert a family member if something goes wrong and you cannot go home at that moment.
Many of these cameras also include audio systems through which you can listen and speak so that you can be heard through the camera. Returning to the case of animals, this method can also be very useful to reduce their separation stress when you are away from home and cannot take them with you. Hearing their owner's voice will always do your pet good.
These are just some of the items you can find to turn your home into a true smart home. This will allow the dwelling to be more efficient, as well as giving you more control over what happens.
