SIMPLIFY YOUR SMART HOME
POP ENSURES YOUR GADGETS ARE ALL EASY TO USE WITH THE PRESS OF A BUTTON
One of the best things about building a smart home is that you have access to all of your connected gadgets right from your phone, enabling you to control everything in one place no matter where you are, whether you want to watch live video remotely, turn up the heat on your thermostat or automate your lighting setup.
But what happens when you have guests over for dinner, or you’ve gone out for the evening? How will visitors in your home control all these cool gadgets without the appropriate access? The simple act of turning on a light becomes the most complicated thing in the world if you’re not around.
Thankfully, there’s a very simple solution to this oh-so-very-modern tech conundrum: the Logitech POP Home Switch. This innocuouslooking gadget aims to bring easy control of your connected home to the masses, courtesy of a single switch that enables you to turn your tech on or off without having to look at a phone.
How does it work? Included with POP is a bridge – connect this to your Wi-Fi and POP will automatically recognise any smart home gadgets on your network, and you can use the switch (which connects to the bridge over Bluetooth) to control them, provided they are compatible with POP.
POP supports a variety of home tech, such as the Philips Hue lighting ecosystem, smart platforms like Belkin WeMo or Samsung SmartThings, and Sonos multiroom speakers. Through the POP app, the switch can be programmed to do a variety of handy tasks, such as turn on all your lights or play your tunes through your Sonos system.
POP is subtly stylish and comes in several cool colours, and thanks to battery power you don’t have to find somewhere to plug it in – just place it wherever suits, and the optional sticky backing means you could even put it on a wall, like a regular light switch.
The POP Home Switch starter packs costs £119.99 and comes with two switches and the POP bridge, or you can buy a single switch for £34.99.