Automated Home

Earlier this week Stringify, the home automation Cloud Integration service, announced that it is shutting down. After nearly five years of transforming how people automate their connected lives, I’m sorry to inform you that we are beginning the process of deactivating the Stringify app

Remootio looks like an interesting home automation crowd funding launch on Indiegogo. The little black box makes your gates and garage doors ‘smart’ allowing you to control or monitor them from your smartphone

This new concept is designed to blend completely into the background, helping projects achieve high levels of aesthetic performance whilst also delivering the functionality needed. The cinemas we see demonstrate intense attention to detail and as a true engineering company, we are the same, so we wanted to deliver a product that went further and offer a black lens as well as a black case for the ultimate discrete sensor. Based on their popular Motion Sensor 360, volt free design, the new black version uses the same low profile housing that sits just 3.5mm proud of the ceiling and is totally silent with no annoying relay click. It can be powered by a 5V to 24V supply and the volt-free/dry contact interface delivers integration with most popular control platforms including Loxone, Control4, Lutron and Crestron lighting and home automation systems.

With the new generation Hub 2 now compatible with Apple home kit, Luxaflex makes controlling your blinds even easier. PowerView, first introduced by Luxaflex in 2016, is the innovative Smart Home Automation technology that lets you control all of your window coverings from your smartphone, tablet or beautifully designed PowerView Pebble Remote. Now you can control your PowerView blinds using the Apple Home app and Siri on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, and HomePod as well as with Amazon Alexa and Google Home. It is really simple: use your voice to control your PowerView blinds and other HomeKit-enabled accessories with Siri.