Smart home technology may offer major benefits like convenience, increased safety and improved energy efficiency but as The Conversation recently noted, it’s also downright fun. And make no mistake, that fun side of things is a factor when it comes to the increased adoption of smart home appliances and infrastructure. So, let’s take a look…
In 2018 a report into Australian housing revealed almost 10 per cent of the country’s population resides in apartments, units or semi-detached residences, with over 2.6 million strata title lots registered in Australia. And as more strata dwellings take up premium positions in the nation’s cities and major metropolitan areas, it’s a sector primed for…
Passport? Check! Tickets? Check! But how will you secure your home in your absence? Whether it’s a business trip or a family getaway, if you’re planning on packing up and heading off for a holiday in 2019, here are the many ways the smart home has you covered. Smart home security We often talk about…
In January this year LG Electronics US marketing vice-president David VanderWaal told those assembled at the Consumer Electronics Show, 2018 would be “the tipping point for the smart home and, more importantly, for the smart connected lifestyle”. As we round out the year his forecast appears to have been correct. Now, Australian households have on average…
Mobile internet is soon to embrace a faster more efficient era, with 5G set to roll out in major Australian metropolitan centres over the next 12 months. 5G is likely to have a number of positive implications for the smart home, boosting appliance adoption, increasing security, and providing an alternative to fixed wireless internet. So,…
With Santa set to make his way down the chimney in just a few short weeks time, a hot-ticket item on many people’s wish list will be Google’s latest offering – Home Hub. This new take on the smart speaker offers a screen that also doubles a digital photo frame for all your favourite photographs,…
The concept of smart homes that make life easier and more connected has been around since the 1930s, but it’s a series of relatively recent innovations that turned the stuff of science fiction into a modern-day asset that many homeowners are now looking to embrace. As you consider all that the smart home can offer…
In the past couple of weeks there’s been much discussion about a partnership in the tech realm, with iRobot and Google announcing they had teamed up to better map the smart home. The move will see iRobot’s latest Roomba vacuum cleaner gather data about the spatial dimensions of the home and offers the potential to locate other…
What if you could automate your office environment, with lighting that responded to the time of day, blinds that closed automatically and climate control that not only kept workers at the optimum temperature but also lowered your business power bills? Smart technology means this level of comfort is no longer the stuff of futuristic films,…
Behind smart home automation there is some nifty technology which allows your home to respond intuitively to your needs. One of the major tools in this technology is a phenomenon known as “If This, Then That” (IFTTT), which sounds pretty abstract but is actually a remarkably simple and neat solution to trigger routine events. In…
