Anyone with a Control4 home automation system can speak to the world-class solutions it brings to properties around the globe. From its network foundation to the personalized touches that make your house a dream home, Control4 truly adds a magical touch to your everyday life in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

But are you enjoying the latest and greatest features that Control4 has to offer? Don’t fall out of the loop when it comes to system updates that are created to make your experience even better. If you missed the many product announcements that came out late last year, we’ve got you covered. Get a glimpse of them below.

Music plays a role in everyone’s life. Some use music to wind down after a long day while others use it to ramp up for a workout. Some listen to melodies to encourage better sleep, and others confide in music for self-expression. The list goes on, but it remains clear that music is integral to nearly every lifestyle.

Whether you use music for entertaining, reflection, or other creative activities, enhance your experience with a distributed home stereo system that floods high-fidelity audio through any and every room of your home at just the touch of a button.

Read on to learn why you should upgrade to a distributed audio system for your home in St. Augustine, FL today. The benefits speak for themselves.

In the smart home, lighting is not just a utility. Instead, it’s an aesthetic used to create ideal experiences for family and guests. It adds cheer during the holidays, provides ambiance for dinner parties, and sets the mood for date night. What’s more, smart lighting today adds unparalleled convenience with voice control capability, one-touch control, and even hands-free automation.

But that’s not all that a smart lighting solution from Control4 can offer your home and wellbeing when incorporated into your property. Keep reading to explore the many ways Control4 lighting can elevate your lifestyle in Jacksonville, FL now and into the future.

With every chapter of life comes proactive steps we all must take to ensure we’re ready for the future. We select life insurance plans, downsize our home when kids move out, save for retirement, and more to prepare for the expected. But what about the unexpected?

When you find yourself in an emergency, stay connected to first responders in real time with smart life safety monitoring offered by Alpha Dog. With the help of a top-grade personal emergency device, wi-fi location services, geo-fencing features, fall-detection technology, and more, our Jacksonville, FL team can monitor and respond to an emergency wherever you are.

Let us help you prepare for the unexpected. Learn more about our new life safety monitoring service below.

It’s no secret that more homebuyers every day are requesting accessible, reliable smart home integrations that offer better convenience and safety for their families.

That’s why our Alpha Dog team has partnered with American homebuilder D.R. Horton to deliver an unmatched Home Is Connected smart package to new homes in Jacksonville, FL and beyond for a transformative living experience.

Intrigued? Read below for three ways our smart home services combined with the Home Is Connected package by D.R. Horton can boost home security and offer more daily convenience.

Lighting is one of the most crucial considerations when it comes to your Florida home’s interior design and functionality. And in today’s world of IoT, smart lighting has significantly widened the possibilities of what it can do for our homes—and our lifestyles.

Keep reading below to discover how home lighting control can significantly improve your lifestyle in Jacksonville, from added convenience and energy savings to better sleep, enhanced ambiance, and more. You may just rethink your home’s current lighting setup.

A burglary takes place about every 18 seconds in the United States. That adds up to roughly 4,800 burglaries a day. You may be startled, but it’s helpful to know the facts behind how and when burglaries occur in order to better combat them and keep your home secure.

That’s why we’ve compiled a list of important (and surprising!) facts about burglaries as well as how your smart home system can help keep intruders in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL at bay. Read below for more!

If you’re a homeowner, chances are you have a wireless home network. And as consumer technologies continue to grow in waves, more and more devices are finding their way to that network, creating a world of convenience as well as risk if your network isn’t properly secured.

As you grow your smart home in St. Augustine, Florida, it’s important that you consider the safety of your network and avoid granting access to potential hackers. In this blog, we’ll cover three common home networking installation mistakes and how to avoid them. Just keep reading for more.

Are you considering a smart technology upgrade for your home this winter? There’s a lot to consider in terms of individual devices, but you also want to make sure that you have a centralized control system that allows you to access all of those different parts without having to juggle multiple remotes and smartphone apps. That's where Control4 home automation is a huge boon, unifying your individual devices in a streamlined interface customized for your home and easy for everyone in your family to use. 

In this blog, we break down the key benefits of a Control4 home automation system, spotlighting why it’s an immensely valuable addition to your Jacksonville property. 

The holiday season is upon us, and you’re running out of time to think of great gifts for your family and friends. With the rise of smartphones and streaming music services, you probably have a lot of audiophiles and music aficionados in your life. What better way to show them you know what they like by giving them the gift of rich high-performance audio with two products that are quick to install, easy to control, and sound outstanding. 

Our brand partners, Sonos and Yamaha, are two of the biggest names in home stereo systems, and they offer wireless smart speakers that are perfect gifts for people that want to start smaller for their home audio without sacrificing quality. Keep reading to learn more about these audio gifts that fit easily under the tree. And feel free to give your Ponte Vedra Beach home some presents this year to take your personal listening to a new level.   

Making a new year’s resolution is easy, but keeping it throughout the entire year is the real challenge. That’s why we suggest your resolution for 2019 be something that you’ll be able to stick to for the next 12 months and beyond: protecting your home and family. A home security system gives you peace of mind that what is most important to you stays safe, and with the rise of smart home technology, security systems have become more comprehensive and interactive than ever before.

Keep reading to learn about smart home security system upgrades that fortify your Jacksonville home and keep updated in case of an emergency.

With the holidays right around the corner, there will soon be a lot of people coming and going from your Ponte Vedra Beach property.

That means good tidings and good cheer -- but it also means an increase in potential threats to the security of your home.

Enhancing your security measures during the winter is a good idea to keep your family and friends safe. If you’re looking for a place to start, you can’t go wrong with home security cameras.

In this blog, we’ll show you some of the interesting features that a modern surveillance system does to help make your property safer during the holidays and year round. Keep reading to learn more.

Superhero movies are all the rage nowadays, and there’s no better way to enjoy the latest Marvel or DC movie than in a dedicated home theater customized to your family's needs. And nothing pulls you into the fantastic worlds of these films like a surround sound system that immerses you in high-fidelity audio. Sure, millions of dollars are spent on visual effects, but those are coming at you from one direction while sound completely immerses you, pulling you even deeper into the Avengers’ fight against Thanos or Wonder Woman’s World War I intrigue.

How do you get the most powerful surround sound system for your St. Augustine, FL home? Keep reading to find out.

Few things are quite as satisfying as enjoying a cinema experience from the comfort of your own home. No lines, no overpriced tickets and snacks, no strangers interrupting the movie by talking or checking their phones. A home theater system is the ultimate entertainment luxury for your Jacksonville home, but there are a lot of things to consider when creating a dedicated space for media viewing.

Read on to learn three questions you should consider when beginning a home theater project.

One of the best things about living in Jacksonville is that you get to enjoy outdoor space year-round. In the fall, the intense heat of the summer dissipates to make spending time outside even more pleasant. We don’t get hit hard with seasonal signifiers like northern states—the Pumpkin Spice lattes are back at Starbucks, and if it’s cold enough, the leaves might start to change color around November—but just like everywhere else, fall means one big thing in Jacksonville: the return of football.

Whether you’re watching professional or college ball, the fall is when you get the football fix you’ve been waiting for all year long. With outdoor audio video technology, you can take your viewing party outside the house, allowing you to have even more people over for game days and nights.