How To Transform Your Home

Into A Tech Dome

BY DANIELLE ANENE

So you want to upgrade your home to a smart home, and despite having no idea how, you know which comforts or parts of the house you want automated. With smart homes becoming more popular, it is understandable to seek ways to make the home more automatic rather than manual. We're not talking about robots here, but rather machines that automate certain tasks in your home; we've mentioned a few interesting tech items that can help you automate your home.

Amazon Echo devices are small smart speakers that are ideal for small spaces. With the downloaded app, you can use voice control to play music, ask questions, read the news, check the weather, set alarms, control compatible smart home devices such as door locks, and control your lights.

This is a multi-room audio speaker that connects to your existing hi-fi speakers or audio components, bringing them into the Sonos system. This is a great amplifier that you can control via the app, and it permeates through walls and ceilings wherever you are at home.

This is a 15.6-inch smart display that can be used in landscape or portrait mode. Its primary function is to keep you organized by displaying shared calendars, personal sticky notes, to-do lists, shopping lists, and assigned reminders all on one screen. Alexa controls the device via voice commands, which makes it the perfect AI for home organization.

The Govee light is an automated home lighting system that illuminates your bedroom, living room, or kitchen or anywhere around the house using a smartphone app or voice commands via Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. The app allows for control of the lights, setting of timers, and creation of customized lighting scenes and animations, and can control multiple LED strip lights at once.

This smart lock allows you to control your door from anywhere, share access via the app, and generate unique keypad entry codes. Simply connect it to your existing deadbolt, and it will connect to your phone via an app. You can also use touch-free settings; with Bluetooth, your lock can detect when you approach the door and unlock it for you. You can keep track of who comes in and out and grant guests access keys for a set period of time.