Smart home automation products are getting more visibility these days, as they are designed to make our lives easier. With the touch of a button, you can practically control everything in your homes, and these can also be controlled via voice, using voice assistants like Alexa, Google and Siri.
From entertaining family and friends, alerting homeowners to issues and updates, smart tech has evolved to help us reimagine the way we live. And if you are the type that would rather leave the work to the professionals, there are smart home automation companies that can help with automating your home.
Google Nest Hub
The Nest Hub is a smart speaker with a smart display that you can use independently or used to control the smart devices you have around your home. The sound output is impressive, especially if you have a medium-sized room, the volume is loud enough to cover the whole room.
With the display, you can view content on YouTube or catch your favourite show on Netflix right from the Nest Hub itself without needing a smartphone or a TV. If you also have a Nest doorbell, you can view the video feed directly on the Nest Hub’s display.
Samsung SmartThings
Samsung SmartThings aims to bring the smart home automation systems together with a single home automation hub that can be actively operated and tracked using a mobile app. It also produces several peripheral devices to work directly with it, not least motion sensors, multipurpose sensors, and smart buttons. The main feature of it comes with a built-in battery power option that can be helpful in case of a power failure. SmartThings hub can work well for people who are simply looking to set up a smart home automation system to work with different pieces of hardware.
Amazon Echo
Amazon Echo is another big player in the smart home automation landscape. The system uses Amazon’s proprietary Alexa voice-powered technology. This is one of the most widely used and accepted home automation products that can work as a standalone device connecting to a cloud-based service to turn on music, set up alerts, make calls, and ask questions about the traffic and weather.
Apple Homekit
Apple’s HomeKit offers a secure and privacy-conscious smart home ecosystem. It is less concerned with countertop supremacy and wide coverage and more focused on security and reliability. As a result, the HomeKit ecosystem is somewhat limited, reminiscent of Apple’s traditional closed-door policy towards innovation.
With its voice assistant Siri, you can control a robust platform of applications and devices.
