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How To Make Your Sweet Home a Smart Home

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A Smart Home does not have to mean spending a lot of money and investing a lot of time on expensive home devices. If you are clear with your wants and needs, just replacing your existing gadgets and appliances with connected and automated versions of similar things would be sufficient. 

In this article, I will explain to you how to make a smart home and what is a smart home device.

What is a Smart Home Device?

A smart home device is an internet-connected device that enables you to monitor remotely and manage the appliances such as lighting, heating, and security.

A smart home device provides you with security, comfort, convenience and energy efficiency by allowing the device to control from your smartphone or voice-enabled devices like Google Home and Alexa.

Smart home devices also reduce the amount of time that you spend on tasks on a daily basis. For example, having to go back home to see if you have turned off any appliance can be easily taken care of by smart home gadgets, which in turn saves your vital time.

The smart meter in the smart home devices enables you to understand your smart home device better. This way, you know which devices are drawing more power and thereby you can easily turn it off when not required and in turn save your money. 

Smart meters also make it easier to educate you and your family members on better ways to stay energy efficient. Thereby turning off energy-inefficient devices helps you to save money and leave a positive impact on the environment. This way, smart home devices can go a long way in keeping you more productive through time and money savings. 

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Best Smartwatch under 10,000

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Smartwatches have slowly evolved from an old timekeeping piece to present-day wearable tech. Now smartwatch integrates the smartphone communication function and the basic health tracking functions.

Through smartwatch, you can 

  • Receive notifications, view text messages and accept calls
  • Voice command Google
  • Navigate using GPS
  • Play downloaded music through BT speakers
  • Track fitness activity and set fitness goals.

Few smartwatches even lets you have Smart Home Access and Near Field Communication (NFC).

Past, Present and Future of Smartwatches

Smartwatch era started in 1975 when calculators got integrated into wristwatches.  

Then came Seiko’s T001 smartwatch in 1983, with a portable TV receiver linked to the watch. The Japanese watch had a 1.25 inches screen divided for standard watch features and video output.

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Everything You Want To Know About Smart Home Hubs

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The urge to control devices and live comfortably has led to the powerful concept of Home automation. That has evolved from the old wired X10 protocol to present speaker based smart home hubs. 

If you are new to the concept then the post helps you understand a smart hub. You can learn about the types of hubs, their use cases and the best smart home hubs presently available in India. 

What is Smart Home Hub and How it Works With Example

A Smart Home Hub is a central home command. A bridge that connects all the smart home devices. So that you can control them from a single app/speaker. 

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Google Home vs Alexa: The Ultimate Face-Off

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Alexa and Google Home are loaded with sets of features: Alexa supports more smart home devices, while Google Home lets you upload your audio file to its cloud. There are many other features that one device support which other devices do not. 

In this article, I will walk you through the features of Alexa and Google Home based on the following parameters

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Best Smart Coffee Makers for 2019 (Review & Buying Guide)

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The greatest luxury which a smart coffee maker brings is the convenience of brewing coffee through a click on the app. You can make favorite cappuccinos precisely with rich flavor as per your liking, that too remotely. 

The best part is that you can get your coffee ready in a few minutes. Plus the smart coffee maker saves you from the hassle of cleaning and using extra utensils for milk and filter.  

Things You Should Consider While Buying a Smart Coffee Maker

1. Compatibility
The smart coffee maker uses different technology like Wifi and Bluetooth to connect with apps and devices. 

Integration with devices like Alexa and Google Home gives you the advantage to control your coffee maker over voice command.

Select the coffee maker with Bluetooth connectivity option if you are in close proximity to your smart coffee maker as it has a lower range. Wifi connectivity has a wider range and is best if you live on the upper floors where the distance is more.

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Buying Guide for Smart Air Purifier

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Air purifiers are a modern-day, city life requirements, especially if you live in the polluted metropolitan areas. They are also a must if you have children or elders with severe allergies. 

An article published on Lung India establishes the fact that air filters do have a positive impact on vascular health and overall improves an individual’s respiratory health. 

Smart Air Purifiers, goes a step ahead in helping you better understand the surrounding air composition, the historical levels of various pollutants and allergens present in your living area. They can be remotely controlled, scheduled to function through a simple click over your mobile apps. 

Smart Air Purifier can be integrated with intelligent assistants like Alexa and Google Home, giving you an added flexibility to control over voice without leaving your current work.

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Best Smart Vacuum Cleaners: Review and Buying Guide

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Smart vacuum cleaners are automatic robots with intelligent navigation systems to relieve you from the laborious task of floor mopping and cleaning. These futuristic smart home cleaners are specifically helpful if you do home cleaning cores yourself but have health issues like arthritis and back pain. 

Even if you do not have an ache, the smart cleaner robots save your time from the routine boring and tedious job which you can utilize to relax or use fruitfully in some other way.   

The best part of the smart vacuum cleaners is that they can be voice-controlled when paired with Alexa or Google Home over Wifi. So you just need to say the wake-up word and command your smart home cleaner to start cleaning.

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What Everyone Should Know About IoT Smart Home

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Internet of things (IoT) is one of the disruptive technology, positively impacting industries by helping them monitor and optimize overall business processes and enhance customer’s experiences. 

In layman terms, IoT is a complex network of low-cost but advanced sensors & actuators for data collection, monitoring, decision making, and process optimization. Where except for data collection, all the other processes can happen either locally at the device level or on the cloud with or without user interference.  

As per the McKinsey Global Institute, insights on disruptive technology, by 2025, IoT has an estimated potential economic impact of $ 6.2 trillion annually from sized applications.

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Best Smart Lighting Systems For Home – Buying Guide

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Smart Lights are compact, brighter and have a better color representation than the ordinary lights. All smart lights come with a featured app that enables you to control its features with a single tap even if you are away from home. Moreover, all modern smart lights are compatible with your Alexa and Google devices. 

You may have some doubts regarding the Smart Lighting System for Home such as:

  • Whether smart lights can be installed on your ordinary socket? 
  • Do smart lights consume more power than regular light?

For that, you need to keep certain things in mind before purchasing a smart light

Things You should consider while buying the Best Smart Lights for Home

1. Smart Hub

A smart hub connects your smart light with your wifi network which enables you to control your lighting. Hence, the smart hub is necessary in order to communicate with your smart light. However, not all smart lights come with a smart hub. Choose such smart light which comes with a smart hub or do not requires one and can directly communicate with your wifi system.

2. Compatibility

You will definitely want to connect your smart light with your existing devices, be it your smartphone or voice control devices like Alexa and Google Home. Make sure that the smart light is compatible with the devices you are using. 
Additionally, all smart lights come with a featured app. You also need to be sure that the app is compatible with your android or ios devices.

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Best Smart Home Security Camera Systems | Buying Guide and Review

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You cannot change the location of an ordinary security camera. Additionally, the installation and the cabling of these cameras are a difficult task and you can only monitor the activities via a dedicated screen. 

The smart camera system is an excellent investment since you can plug and play the smart camera wherever you want. You can also monitor the activities from your smartphone if it is configured. Additionally, you can even have two-way communication using the smart camera.

While making a decision on which smart security camera is right for you, there are three main areas to think about.

Things to consider while buying the best smart home security camera systems

Will work as a baby or pet monitor:

Other than safeguarding your property, you also want to monitor your baby and pets. For that, you need to have a security camera with the following features

  • Night Vision: Clear images in low light especially in case the camera is used as a baby monitor.
  • Two-way communication: to listen in and talk to the people you are monitoring. 
  • Field of view: most security cameras are designed with a wide-angle lens, while baby/pet monitors are more of narrow range to focus on your baby/pet.
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