For decades, homeowners have dreamed of homes that respond to their desires automatically. Unfortunately, those dreams have remained strictly in the realm of science fiction for almost as long. Today, though, smart home technology is making home automation a reality. The trouble is that today’s smart home technology isn’t always as user-friendly as you might like. This makes setting up automation routines challenging at best.
To help, trust Home Team Electric for smart home automations in Cathedral City, CA. Our smart home experts can bring your smart home automation ideas to life. They can even suggest some handy automations you may not have considered.
"This is a class-A company and I would recommend Home Team Electric to anyone who needs electrical work done. The techs, Josh and Carlos, were efficient, polite, friendly and accommodating. It is so nice to see a team of techs and a company with such high quality work! I was 120% satisfied and very relieved to have my electrical problem fixed!"
If you’re like most people, you likely have a smartphone or a smart speaker somewhere in your home. Those devices have voice assistant functionality and can manage other connected devices. They can also enable a variety of amazing smart home automations when combined with additional hardware. One of the most basic automations you might like is the ability to turn lights on and off with your voice. You can do that by installing Wi-Fi-connected smart bulbs or by replacing your switches with smart switches. Then, you can command your lights by telling your voice assistant to turn them on and off by name. If your smart switches also have dimming capability, you can control that by voice, too.
Those basic functions are just the beginning. Another popular automation you might like involves the use of smart blinds. You could use those in concert with light sensors to automatically block excessive sunlight coming into your home. That can help improve your home’s energy efficiency by reducing its heat load.
These are some of the most useful smart home automation ideas.
Adjusting light color temperature
Automating morning routines
Automatic door locking and unlocking by proximity
HVAC control using geofencing
Home theater automations
One of the biggest challenges associated with smart home automations is getting all your hardware to communicate. The problem arises when you add multiple manufacturers’ smart devices into your home. Controlling everything from a single voice assistant platform may prove impossible in those situations. That can leave you with countless control apps that don’t necessarily talk to one another. To solve that problem, we can configure automations using various unifying control systems.
If you’re interested in a user-friendly system that you can tweak yourself, we might recommend If This Then That (IFTTT). As its name implies, it lets you create automations built on conditional statements. IFTTT is cloud-based, minimizing the hardware you need on-site to use it. In most cases, we can connect your existing smart devices to it without changing your existing home network. The platform even has a vast library of user-created automations you can use to spark smart home automation ideas.
For more complex home automations, we might suggest basing your smart home on Home Assistant. It offers the same functionality as IFTTT but with far more granular control. Home Assistant also supports a far wider range of smart devices, which is perfect if you plan to start small with your automations but have designs on more complex configurations. The main caveat is that Home Assistant requires a local server, housing it inside your home. The good news is that a small, network-attached device will typically suffice as a server. In exchange, you get a security-focused smart home automation system that can control almost anything. Plus, it’s open-source software, so you won’t get locked into any vendor’s smart home ecosystem.
Cathedral City Smart Home Automations
Getting a smart home up, running, and configured still requires significant expertise. At Home Team Electric, our team of highly trained electricians has that expertise. We work hard to stay on the cutting edge of smart home technology. That includes undertaking ongoing training to learn about the latest devices, integrations, and APIs. We excel at navigating the complex multi-vendor world of today’s smart homes. Plus, all our technicians are drug tested and background checked for your safety. We’re a recipient of the 2017 Morongo Basin Best of the Best award and hold the Technician Seal of Safety. We’re also Better Business Bureau accredited with an A+ rating. However, our numerous positive customer reviews offer the endorsements we’re most proud of.
If you need help with smart home automations in Cathedral City, call our team at Home Team Electric today!
View Specials
Schedule Now
