Survey Conducted by SmartThings Suggests That People Are Ready to Live in IoT Smart Homes, Are You?

People are getting familiar with the Internet of Things enabled smart homes each day because of the ensured security along with the hefty saving that comes with it. The survey conducted by SmartThings suggests that more and more people are choosing smart homes because of the reasons mentioned above along with some others that we will discuss in this article. Home automation is the future of self-sufficient and capable homes. We cannot be in our house in order to guard it at all times and home automation plays an important role in keeping a check on our houses when we are not around.

Let us see what a smart home can do for us:

1. You can schedule your appliances in a smart home.

Scheduling can come as a helping hand for people who want to stick to a certain routine without having to do extra activities and seeing if all the arrangements are made. You can set scenes and workflows that can be triggered whenever you want them to be executed and this can help people in other settings than home as well, for example, in an event when you want certain lights to turn on at once, so you can do that with just a tap. The uses can be endless!

2. You can control your smart home gadgets from practically anywhere in the world.

Your vacations will be a lot more fun if you were to be able to control and monitor your home from afar. How would you feel if we told you that it is possible? You can enjoy your time away from home as it should be, time away from home without having to worry about your home’s safety and whatnot! All you have to do is install the smart home application and you will be notified about everything! 

3. Monitor the power consumption and save the MONEY

A smart home might seem like a costly affair but it is not. It is just a one-time investment that gives guaranteed results by saving loads of money for you each month, How, you ask? Let’s see. You won’t leave any random appliances on, you can see how much power is being consumed on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. You can get an idea and accordingly adjust the usage of the appliances. There will be no room for error left in a smart home.

4. Check History of All You Appliances with a Home Automation App.

A smart home tells you when a certain appliance or gadget was turned on and off, This gives you a better insight into the use of the electrical appliances and in turn lets you have a check on the bill that usually takes your breath away, in a not so nice way!

5. Control the Intensity of the Smart Gadgets

You can control the intensity of your fan or lights from the smart home app itself. You can manage and control your AC’s temperature as well. All the control will be in your hands and you won’t have to take a step to turn something on/off or reduce/increase the speed.

6. Voice Control the Gadgets in your Smart Home

Forget those switches FOREVER! Just tell your smart home to be your very own Jarvis and you be the new Iron Man! Most smart homes are compatible with all voice assistants like Siri, Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa etc. SmarDen mobile application lets you control all your smart home gadgets with the help the voice assistant of your choosing.

7. Add Family Members to your Smart Home Account

 You can give access to your smart homes to your family members from anywhere and they can get past security without facing any problems. You don’t have to worry about locking people out if you are not there to unlock the door for your guests or family anymore.
A smart home is a self-sufficient home and the pandemic has made people realise how much “not touching the switches” is important. People are gravitating towards IoT enabled devices and smart homes because these homes ensure safety and security along with savings, comfort and inevitable luxury that comes with it. Contact us to get the best smart home devices at affordable prices today! Check SmarDen’s home automation products in the shop.