Rossendale Free Press

Get smart and start talking to your home

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YOUR phone is smart; your kids are smart; and your home can be smart too.

With Smart home technology constantly evolving and the internet gradually taking control of our day-to-day lives, you will soon be able to control most things in your house from your phone, and even your voice.

Cheshire-based Finite Solutions has seven smart home gadgets to help raise your home’s IQ:

Change lighting with your mood – homes are built to make the best of daylight, but now technology enables us to highlight the best features you can enjoy mood lights for a friendly get-together, a romantic dinner or a family movie night in.

Play your entire music catalogue throughout the home – whether you’re an audiophile with a massive music library, or a casual listener, it is now really easy to utilise different streaming services to instantly get the song you want.

With smart home integratio­n you can access all your collection­s, online and offline, from anywhere in the home.

Enjoy a cinema experience in comfort – home cinemas offer the ultimate entertainm­ent

ith custom designed systems make it as simple as pushing a single button to prepare the entire system for your mode of entertainm­ent.

Save money on energy bills – comfort and convenienc­e are not the only benefits of having a smart home system. Smart thermostat­s can now work more intelligen­tly to save energy by using a number of innovation­s that ensure no energy waste.

Occupancy sensors detect when someone is home, internet connectivi­ty helps you remotely change the temperatur­e, and automation eliminates the

dt ll dj t everything inside it. Security-boosting devices include smart lighting systems that mimic your typical household lighting usage pattern while you’re away, automated smokerelea­sing generators, cameras with facial and number plate recognitio­n, and sensors that learn your behaviour and notify you when something out of the ordinary happens.

Talk to your home – until recently, smart home technology was controlled by apps and automation, but recent advancemen­ts in speech recognitio­n technology mean that voice recognised control i ti With everyday devices and appliances with each the necessary temperatur­e the timer on the time of the day; all monitored and controlled

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