The automation of home entertainment continues to drive smart home adoption, with voice activators a major contributor to this growing field.
Meanwhile, recent product launches like Apple HomePod speakers, and the arrival in Australia of the Amazon Echo range are propelling this trend further into the mainstream.
In this edition of the Smart Home Inspiration series, we investigate the ways that smart home technology is transforming home entertainment.
Home music
Music is no longer limited to the tracks you have in your collection, nor is it constrained to a single room of the home courtesy of smart home entertainment. In fact, music, surround sound and wireless speakers were one of the most popular early adoption catalysts for smart home tech and they continue to be a major prompt for the installation of smart home devices.
Smart home music can:
- Allow access to personal music collections and playlist suggestions
- Access vast collections of music via the cloud
- Enable music to be played in any or all areas of the home
- Allow guests to share their music via smartphone and the home Wi-Fi connection
- Enable different music to be played in different areas of the home
- Integrate with smart speakers that also act as voice activators
- Allow for the easy addition of extra speakers
Home theatre
The launch of Smart TVs arguably drew many to the early adoption of smart home technology, but there’s far more to smart entertainment than TVs with access to the internet.
Smart home theatre can:
- Automatically record and play your favourite shows
- Integrate speakers, TVs, playlists and other smart home features for the ultimate home theatre experience
- Create intuitive movie playlists based on your previous selections
- Automatically shut blinds when you press play on a movie
- Limit television volume to a pre-set level.
- Restrict access to adult content
Voice control
With the recent arrival of the Apple HomePod and Amazon Echo Smart Speakers, smart home entertainment and voice activators are becoming increasingly intertwined.
These voice-activated smart speakers enable you to vocally command music, TV, and movies within the home. And it’s not just entertainment where voice activators play a role, they can also link with further functions of the smart home to ensure everything is controlled by simple voice command.
Voice activators can:
- Allow you to verbally command music and movies
- Allow you to voice activate lights, climate control and scenes
- Have the latest news headlines or radio station play by voice prompt
- Have your calendar appointments and reminders read to you
About Lera
Lera Smart Home Solutions is a leading installer of smart home technology in the greater Sydney region. Our team boasts over 20 years’ experience in IT networking, programming and the electrical industry.
We have sourced the most reliable and cost efficient solutions from around the world to provide the very best in smart home solutions, and work with our clients to understand their needs.
You can learn more about transforming your house into a smart home here, or contact us directly for further advice.
