The Top 4 Smart Home Devices Of 2018

Every year brings a fresh crop of new smart home devices, and as more and more homeowners pursue automation upgrades, that selection gets bigger. Manufacturers are discovering ways to make speakers, TVs, cameras, lights, shades, and thermostats more intelligent, and it’s changed how people interact with their home environments.

From high-performance audio to home theater systems and security solutions, we’ve compiled a list of the four most exciting technologies that have debuted this year. Read on to learn how these devices can enhance your St. Augustine home.

 

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Sonos Beam

Flat-panel displays deliver stunning 4K UHD video, but there isn’t much space for high-performance audio equipment in the thin frame. Sonos has created a sleek, simple-to-setup solution to this issue with the Sonos Beam, a smart, compact soundbar. Designed to fit comfortably under your television, whether that’s on a surface or mounted to a wall, Sonos Beam provides immersive sound that will fill the entire room, putting you in the middle of your favorite TV shows, movies, and video games. Sonos Beam is Amazon Alexa-enabled, so you can adjust the volume, change your playlist, and activate other automated features with your voice.

 

Sony 4K Ultra HD Bravia Master

Bravia Master series of flat-panel televisions. Netflix produces movies but doesn’t screen them in cinemas, and this Netflix Calibrated mode takes advantage of your home theater system to offer an enhanced viewing experience that matches the specificity of the studio monitor used by Netflix staff. Sony showed off the new display at this year’s CEDIA Expo, along with three new 4K UHD projectors that would also make excellent additions to any home theater system.

 

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Samsung QLED Smart TV

The QLED Smart TV combines incredible picture with smart technology capabilities that allow you to control your TV with your voice and quickly connect your device to a larger smart home network. Q Contrast produces extremely deep blacks so you have a lifelike picture, even in a bright room. Ambient Mode integrates your TV into your room’s décor by turning it into a dynamic display that shows whatever you add to it, whether it’s a painting, a family photo, or text. The smart technology makes that uploading process simple so that you can take full advantage of this feature.

 

IC Realtime’s Ella

Created by former Google employees that saw the company’s search capabilities and figured they could apply it to video, Ella is an artificial intelligence-powered engine that can recognize different objects, people, vehicles, colors, animals and more, making all of your video completely searchable. A video gateway device works with the Cloud-based technology to significantly up the functionality of IC Realtime’s already impressive security solutions, and you can set your cameras to only record when they detect irregular activity or unfamiliar environmental elements.

 

Want to learn more about what this year’s hottest smart devices can add to your St. Augustine home? Contact one of our specialists at 1-904-ALPHA95 or by filling out our online form.