Sentences with phrase «smart home in general»

You do, however, get all the other usual Alexa skills, including control over your smart home in general.

With those along for the ride, Honeywell envisions this Camera Base Station as central to not only your Smart Home Security System, but also to your smart home in general.

Not exact matches

All deals, all companies, all projects go through ebbs and flows in terms of success and failure, but the general thesis of a smart home is one I believe in strongly.

When the General first surveyed his new little grunt at Garden City (Kans.) J.C., Smart had already served time as a «burger flipper» (Smart's term) back home in Baton Rouge.

A smart balance of less unnecessary regulation, less paperwork, and a positive attitude towards business should be good for mortgage loans, the financial markets, home owners, and the country in general.

It sounds like a perfect solution not only for buildings, but for homes as well - and the smart grid in general.

While Siri is good at ordering food, sending messages and getting directions, it falls behind Alexa and Google Assistant in smart home skills, general knowledge, online shopping and more.

We did extensive research on hubs in general and the SmartThings hub in particular, and believe our experience is consistent with the reviews and findings of most other outlets: Namely, of all the hubs on the market, the Samsung SmartThings Hub is the most powerful and promising, but is best suited to devout tinkerers and those willing to spend a fair amount of time tweaking and refining their smart - home system.

«We're still in the early stages,» said Jeff Patton, a smart - home executive at General Electric.

The utility functions such as timers, smart home control, calendar updates and general questions were the focus of early promotion in the category by Amazon and Google.

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In fact, TP - Link's affordable smart plug was the best - selling smart home product in the US and worldwide, says Amazon, while robot vacuums also proved popular in the general home categorIn fact, TP - Link's affordable smart plug was the best - selling smart home product in the US and worldwide, says Amazon, while robot vacuums also proved popular in the general home categorin the US and worldwide, says Amazon, while robot vacuums also proved popular in the general home categorin the general home category.

If you're someone who's interested in do - it - yourself smart home projects, but is new to DIY in general, this would be a great place to start.

The discovery of this vulnerability highlights existing concerns around smart home devices, and the general need for more robust protocols in terms of IoT, particularly in a domestic setting.

Although, in spite of boasting a similar material, the general design of the unit is very different to that of the Google Home line with Lyra Voice adopting more of elongated form — again more akin to a smart speaker than anything else.

Siri is generally pretty good at the basics, such as looking up the weather, setting reminders and dictating text messages, but it has fallen behind Google Assistant and Alexa in terms of general knowledge, shopping skills and controlling smart home devices.

And Siri, in general, is nowhere near as flexible or as comprehensive as Alexa when it comes to connecting to your various smart - home devices and answering questions.

Smart home technology in general is still in its early days.

The big question is whether this is an advantage or not and to answer that, we need to talk about how the Echo works with smart home devices in general - so bear with us.

While the vulnerability doesn't sound like it was the easiest to exploit, it has once again raised questions over the safety of smart home devices and Internet of Things products in general.

You can ask general knowledge questions and have the answers displayed on screen, search YouTube, play music, ask for specific content in certain apps like Netflix or HBO, ask for photos from Google Photos, control smart home devices, get travel time information and so much more.

This coincides with increased adoption of smart home hubs like the Amazon Echo, not to mention wider availability of Internet of Things gadgets, in general, from thermostats to smart locks.

[W] e expect the product differentiation between iPhone 5S and iPhone 5 will be: (1) computing power, with iPhone 5S to run on the faster A7 application processor; (2) the camera, with iPhone 5S being equipped with Smart Flash, ensuring photo quality using white or yellow flash according to lighting conditions; (3) iPhone 5S will have a fingerprint chip under the Home button, improving security and usability; and (4) the low - cost iPhone 5 hybrid casing of fiberglass and plastic will make it lighter and slimmer than general plastic casing and easier to make in various colors.

TP - Link's bulbs are a good option for people who need only a few smart bulbs, and who are new to smart home devices in general.

Not only do you have to pick the perfect spot in your home, it's also quite possible (I keep doing it) to forget that you even have a palm - sized smart speaker sat on a table or desk somewhere when it gets lost amid general household clutter.