In the World of Smart Home Living: What is Home Automation?
Discover the Difference Between Smart Home Control & Smart Home Automation
In 2024, almost half of all connected homes have smart devices. Why the exponential growth? Smart homes offer extreme convenience, safety, and enhanced enjoyment. Press a button and raise one or every shade in your home. Tap good night, and your smart home goes to sleep with you.
Home automation, however, is about much more than managing smart devices with one touch. An automated home follows schedules and programmed routines, making everyday life a little easier and a bit more magical.
Let’s explore the difference between home automation and smart home control and how it’s transforming homes in Crow Wing County, MN.
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Smart Home Control Defined
A smart home is managed by a home automation platform. At Audio Video Extremes, we partner with Control4, the global leader in smart home automation. Their open-platform system enables them to manage hundreds of thousands of third-party smart devices, making your smart home truly intelligent.
You access the platform via a touchscreen, remote, keypad, or voice command. Press a button to control your lights, shades, security, climate, entertainment devices, pools, spas, and more. Tap a custom-engraved button on a keypad that reads ‘Dinner,’ and the lighting turns to golden amber, the shades lower, and your chosen playlist streams through in-ceiling speakers.
The Difference Between Smart Home Control and Home Automation
Home automation refers to the aspect of a smart home that prepares itself for you with no effort. It’s a home that responds to a change in temperature, occupancy, or time of day. For instance, the shades may open when the sun rises, and several lights brighten to a soft golden yellow. The climate adjusts, and “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay streams through your in-ceiling speakers.
Like a domino effect, a chain of reactions can occur when you pull into the driveway at night, unlock the front door, or leave your home for the day. From landscape lights that brighten to the temperature adjusting and the shades lowering while the doors lock, we’ll program the perfect sequence of events to unfold.
For instance, when you leave for the day, the shades automatically lower, the climate goes into eco-mode, all the AV equipment turns off, the lights dim, and the doors lock after you leave. As you can imagine, it’s the personalized programming that makes a smart home genuinely intelligent.
Reacting to Environmental Changes
Your smart home also reacts to changes in the level of sunlight and corresponding temperature. When direct sunlight enters a room, damaging furniture and artwork and causing excessive heat gain, the shades automatically close. In occupied rooms, this causes the lights to brighten, maintaining the ideal illumination.
Are you ready to enjoy a home that creates the perfect environment from morning to night? At Audio Video Extremes, we have decades of experience. As experts in technology integration and programming, we understand the unique opportunity to make your smart home completely your own. To learn more about the difference smart home automation makes or to schedule a complimentary consultation, contact Audio Video Extremes today.
