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Turn your dream smart home into a reality

The future is already here. From automating soft lighting in the mornings to asking your smart speaker for the latest weather update and even seeing who?s at the door while you're at work, smart home automation devices are designed for convenience, comfort and peace of mind.
With wireless internet access and a selection of these smart gadgets you?ll be one step closer to your dream smart home.

How to Start a Smart Home
                 
 
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Along with connecting Wi-Fi, the first step to building a smart home is choosing a speaker with built-in voice assistance. You can also opt for a smart display, which is a smart speaker that has a touchscreen for simple interactions. Some of the things you can ask your smart speaker to do:

  • Play music
  • Search for answers
  • Add items to your shopping list
  • Read or update your to-do lists and appointments
  • Turn on your smart lights
  • Let you know current driving times
  • Read out a recipe

Once you've experienced the convenience of hands-free help, you'll be wondering how you ever lived without it.

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Smart Home Lighting
Lighting
Smart Home Lighting

LIGHTING

With smart lighting, you can control your whole home with your smartphone or compatible smart speakers by voice control. With smart lights, you can:

  • Turn lights on or off, and sync to suit your schedule or mood
  • Adjust the timer settings for night or while you're on holiday – a great security tip!
  • Automate lights to gradually turn on in the morning (some use this instead of using an alarm)
  • Some lights can even change colour or sync with music

You’ll enjoy an enhanced lifestyle with smart lighting.

Smart Home Lighting
Security
Smart Home Security

SECURITY

Keep your family and property protected round the clock with the range of smart home security options. From video doorbells to indoor and outdoor security cameras, you can link your smart security devices to your smartphone so you can check in when you need to. Benefits include:

  • see who's at the door and answer from anywhere
  • check live footage to see what's going on inside and/or outside of your house
  • receive instant security alerts at your fingertips
  • Some lights can even change colour or sync with music

Entertainment is made easy with smart home devices.

Smart Home Entertainment

ENTERTAINMENT

Using a smart speaker with voice assistant, you can enjoy hands-free entertainment by simply using your voice. Perfect for when you're just getting out of bed in the mornings, while cooking in the kitchen or just sitting around and relaxing with friends and family, you can ask your smart speaker to:

  • play your favourite song or artist
  • play an audiobook, podcast or online radio station
  • search for answers
  • check the latest news headlines
  • control your smart TV

Entertainment is made easy with smart home devices.

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Kitchen
Smart Home Kitchen

KITCHEN

Smart home kitchen appliances give your kitchen the smarts, allowing you to keep an eye on things with high-tech convenience. From the Samsung Family Hub fridge to the LG Quadwash dishwasher, connected kitchen appliances can allow you to:

  • check what's inside your fridge while you're out and about
  • listen to tunes or watch your favourite shows
  • download new wash cycles for your smart dishwasher
  • diagnose problems with an app

Transform the "heart of your home" into a smart kitchen hub.

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Laundry + Cleaning
Smart Home Laundry

LAUNDRY + CLEANING

Smart home laundry and cleaning devices are designed to help you spend less time on chores so you can have more time for yourself. A smart washing machine and robot vacuum can be set up for:

  • remote monitoring
  • diagnosing and troubleshooting problems
  • downloading specialised wash cycles
  • scheduling washing and cleaning times while you're out

Get the washing and cleaning chores done at a time that that suits you, even when you're away from home.

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Environment
Smart Home Enovironment

ENVIRONMENT

Transform your environment into a healthy and efficient space with smart heating and cooling, air treatment and weather station solutions. Smart home sensors and air monitoring devices can be used to:

  • control heating and cooling in your home
  • monitor and adjust air quality
  • detect smoke and carbon monoxide problems
  • access real-time weather information
  • monitor rainfall and windspeed

Keep an eye on your environment and diagnose potential problems early on for peace of mind with smart home temperature, air quality and weather sensors.

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FIND THE RIGHT SMART HOME SYSTEM FOR YOU

The easiest way to get started is to choose your smart home system.
The hub of most smart home systems is a ‘smart speaker with voice assistant’ - which allows you to control home automation devices with your voice.

The three main voice assistants are:

  • Apple’s - Siri (Home kit)
  • Google’s - Google Assistant
  • Amazon’s - Alexa

Not all home automation products work with all voice assistants so you'll need to make sure your smart speaker and smart home devices are all compatible.

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Find products that will work with your Google Assistant speaker like Google Home or JBL Link smart speakers.

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Explore products that work with Alexa like Amazon Echo speakers or Ultimate Ears Megablast and Blast

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Discover products that work with Siri so you can control them using your HomePod. 

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