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s-font-body\">\n<p>Recently we've gotten a flood of customer requests, asking for help on their pre-existing smart home. Most of these clients did up their homes on their own, purchased the devices and attempted to do up their own smart homes.<\/p>\n<p>However, they still came to us, citing a few problems and if we could help them out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We will cite a few customers who've came to us and let's analyse the situation together. I have split this blog into several parts as it has become really lengthy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-separator\">\n<div class=\"s-separator-content\">\n<div class=\"separator\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Customer 1:<\/strong> DIY smart home 2 months ago. House is a 4 Bedroom Condo, with 2 Balconies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Setup consists of 15x self-installed switches without neutral wire, 40 over Wi-Fi smart lights and 1x RF Blaster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Concerns from customer:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<ol>\n<li>Smart Switches do not respond to apps once in a while. Need to constantly restart Zigbee Gateway for it to function with mobile app again.<\/li>\n<li>Smart Lights get disconnected once in a while.<\/li>\n<li>Unable to get RF blaster to learn signal from Ceiling fans and Ziptracks<\/li>\n<li>Need to get lights to turn on when door opens<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Request from Customer: Would like to have everything on a single app as he has too many apps on hand now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Red Flags and why this system will not work:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Weak Zigbee Signal<\/strong>: Looking at the layout of the house, a 4 bedroom condo would be quite big with relatively many walls. Note a few things here. (a) Zigbee Signals weakens after every wall and (b) <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.hardwarezone.com.sg\/threads\/official-home-automation-thread.5283139\/page-194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"web\">Non-Neutral switches do not help out with the Zigbee Mesh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Tip: How do you know if your house is plagued with weak Zigbee signal? If your Zigbee device disconnects from the ecosystem once in a while and connects to the Zigbee gateway after it is rebooted, this is a sign that your Zigbee signal is weak. The device(s) that drop out are located in weak signal zones. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Overworking the router<\/strong>: The smart home has 40+ Wi-Fi lights, causing the router to be continuously connected to a device which is not necessarily pinging the router for data. What does this mean? This only means that the router will deprioritize the lights for something that needs the bandwidth more. i.e. your laptop, your Netflix streaming etc. Routers load balance to ensure every device gets the bandwidth they need. In this scenario, devices on standby such as Wi-Fi lights, are the first to dropout of the network.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/blog\/woes-of-a-smart-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"web\"><strong>IoT App Fatigu<\/strong><\/a><strong>e<\/strong>: When the solution was built, the user probably only looked at how easy it was to implement it individually. Which is something most e-commerce platforms sellers will promise. However, one thing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/blog\/5-things-smart-home-vendors-won-t-tell-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"web\">not mentioned<\/a> - how will the devices be integrated into a single application. The promise of being on cloud platform Google Home does not help as the router is already taxed with standby IP connections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>4. Lack of helpline\/support from e-commerce platforms: For a device that is less than SGD50, you might want to pin hopes that there is a supportive community to assist. Getting the RF blaster to learn the signals is possible, however there are several steps required.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Solution for Customer 1:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For starters, we will not encourage anyone to purchase 40+ Wi-Fi enabled smart lights. For clients with Home-A-Genius, you will know that we disallow anything more than 5 Wi-Fi enabled lights wihtin a single network. Take a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/smart-light-and-entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"web\">smarter light solution<\/a>, it runs by Zigbee protocol. This not only helps strengthen the Zigbee mesh, it also reduces workload on the router. Next, for anyone who steps into our showroom, we will always say \"Neutral solution is surely better than Non-Neutral if you are doing renovations\". If still unsure, scroll to point 1 under potential red flags.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, IoT is a complex ecosystem. We see a lot of IoT suppliers saying that it is easy, but from our many years of experience in the industry, IoT is not as simple as it seems. The influx of smart home devices complicate matters even more. Unless you are ready to pour in hours of research and even more hours to work on integrating the device into the system, creating the rules &amp; logic, and even more hours administrating your household members on how to use the system, be prepared that this amount spent and time spent will be a sunk cost if you've picked the wrong devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So what happened to this client in the end?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We provided a baseline quote for the client, I have to admit the amount is hefty. Reason for it, we have to unlink the smart devices from his existing hub\/gateway to link it to ours. In short, whatever he spent working on is nullified and we have to double work it to unlink it. It is only after that we need to have his switches on our ecosystem and create rules and logic on it. Eventually, the deal did not go through as both sides felt it was:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<ol>\n<li>Too costly to proceed. Owner did not want to change out the smart switches as it was purchased not too long ago.<\/li>\n<li>On our side, we felt that with the various constraints, even with our intervention, the chance of failure is still too high as the house was not planned for a smart home during renovation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Note that the solution requires changing out of smart lights or to disable the Wi-Fi option (sunk cost), addition of a neutral wire (too late, renovation over), or add-on a new gateway (Too much re-work), addition of a smart home hub that allows for a single app application (cost on top of the already sunk costs).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>While the cost of renovation is high, incorporating a system within a home is crucial especially is the system is not implemented right from the start. Sounds familar? Long, long time ago, there was an influx of IT systems in the corporate world, companies went ahead to implement systems built to work independently, resulting in a whole build of independent IT systems which didnt speak with each other. The same may happen to your smart home if the smart home devices are not built to work for each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wa.me\/6585225576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"web\">Speak with us<\/a> if you need help for your smart home system. 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s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>The market is saturated, saturated with many Smart Home vendors coming up with various solutions. We speak with an average of 7-25 clients on a weekend and we get various feedback about what the industry is offering. Here are 5 things your smart home vendor is not telling you, while you sign on the really affordable contract they're dangling in front of you. Do note that once the contract is signed, you only have 7 days in Singapore to request for a refund. This will not help any of us as renovation takes more than 1 month to complete.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>1. Linking up to Google Home as an alternative<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Q: \"Are you able to link up to S**** Soundbar &amp; also the D***** Air Con?\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Most vendors will say \"YES\".<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Before you believe that, you might want to ask a few more questions, such as \"You mean you can link it up in your mobile application?\" or \"Are you linking it up by Google Home or Amazon Alexa?\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Why this happens? The truth is \"yes\" they can integrate 3rd party devices into the smart home, however, it is not into their application; this is especially so if the SI is running their application on the Tuya Platform. What does this mean? This means that the home owner will be leveraging on Google Home as a secondary application, i.e. the smart home ecosystem will be on cloud. This will result in longer latency period and also multiple applications running in your smart home.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Note that this is not the only issue. Imagine the rule maintainence you need to do once your SI leaves your home. In programming this is similar to what we call \"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/9476\/spaghetti-code\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"web\">Spaghetti Code<\/a>\". There is no way for you to debug your smart home if you want to do regular maintainence i.e. add a new device or change a standby timing.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-separator\"><div class=\"s-separator-content\"><div class=\"separator\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>At Home-A-Genius we integrate 3rd party devices into our rule engine allowing for all the rules &amp; logic to be in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/blog\/why-running-your-smart-home-system-on-a-single-application-makes-sense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"web\">a single application<\/a>. This allows for the rules to sync to downstream User Interfaces (UI), eliminating any confusion due to spaghetti codes.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-image\"><div><div class=\"s-component-content\"><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"s-ratio-box\"><div class=\"s-ratio-fill\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"crop-default lazyloaded aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/606265_796388.png\" alt=\"broken image\" width=\"500\" height=\"382\" data-description=\"\" data-image-link=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-src=\"\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/606265_796388.png\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>2. Lifespan of smart home devices<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Their warranty may be X number of years, but how many years were they in Singapore? How many times have they gone on site to change the smart switches out? These are questions only a mature smart home vendor can reply you.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>At Home-A-Genius, we started our business since 2017 and have since worked with various smart switches. Some we've decided not to continue with various suppliers due to various valid reasons: no response from technical support team, poor switch quality, high influx of similar switches on e-commerce websites and many more.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>While the sense switch and smarter switch are designed and built by us, you can see that the quality of the switches, especially on the hardware, is different from those readily available from OEM vendors. The button on the sense switch is reinforced with an additional frame to ensure sturdiness and integrity of the switch's hardware. For those who've come to our showroom, our friendly consultants would have showed you the sturdiness of the switches we've designed!<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-image\"><div><div class=\"s-component-content\"><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"s-ratio-box\"><div class=\"s-ratio-fill\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"crop-default lazyloaded aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/225003_271736.png\" alt=\"broken image\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\" data-description=\"\" data-image-link=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-src=\"\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/225003_271736.png\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>3. How much resources catered for your warranty period<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>When smart systems go down, the ones taking the hit is not the SI, but the family living within the household. The questions here is how fast will the turnaround be should there be a device downtime? Next question will be how many headcounts have they catered for for such scenarios?<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>For such situations, the warranty period does not matter. What matters would be how fast the turnaround be. You might want to ask the SI questions on \"How many headcounts are there in the team?\", \"If my switch malfunction, how fast will the on-site support team be able to assist?\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-separator\"><div class=\"s-separator-content\"><div class=\"separator\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>At Home-A-Genius, we are a team of 12 headcounts, more than half belongs to the Operations and Support team. Depending on the severity of the situation, we will arrange for on-site maintainence on a daily basis.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>4. How much can they integrate to a device\/appliance?<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>It's quite a difficult question to catch, but it is something deeper than just \"can you link up with device 1 , and device 2?\". You might want to ask if the system is able to have more than just an on\/off feature. Technically, on\/off can be controlled by a smart switch\/smart plug isn't it? Duh.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>We've came across clients coming to us saying that ceiling fans are controlled by IR blasters. Do note that most ceiling fans in Singapore are powered by RF remote control. You may want to take another quick read on our ceiling fan blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/blog\/how-to-choose-the-right-ceiling-fan-for-your-smart-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"web\">here<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Whenver the smart home vendor says \"yes\" to any integration, you might want to ask for a demo or even see how the integration is made. This is to ensure that you experience the true lag time and also be able to understand how the system(s) work together.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-separator\"><div class=\"s-separator-content\"><div class=\"separator\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>At Home-A-Genius we talk about depth, which is why our demo sessions are at least 1h. We not only can on\/off aircon, we can adjust fan speed and air con temperature. We can also eliminate ceiling fans with no last state memory. How do we do that? We take in feedback by clients over the years and reiterate the system's functions such that evey feature is as seamless as possible for our clients. Home-A-Genius is even able to label the switch to be a fan switch so features unique to fans will be incorporated into that switch.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>5. Why are their solution priced at this price point<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>There must be a reason why smart home companies are priced in a certain way. Here is the price point of some of the smart home systems we see in Singapore.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>OEM switch: $85\/switch for 3 gang or $20\/switch when purchased from e-commerce website<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Sense Switch: $120\/switch for 2 gang or $170\/switch for 4 gang<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Switch from Control4: $450\/switch for 2 gang<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Instead of focusing on the price point, you might want to find out why switches are priced this way. Reasons like hardware quality of each device: switch quality has an impact on the cost. How the system functions, if the system runs on cloud server, there is no need for a hardware for a local server. Sustainence of the maintainence workforce etc. these factors attribute to the cost that company has to cater for.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Before signing up with a company solely due to pricing, you might want to evaluate if the system is sustainable if it is managed by a lean team; or even check in on the quality of the switches if possible.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Bonus comment: \"You only need a simple system\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Does this sound familar to you? The exact same thing happened in 1886 when motor cars were invented. The world of smart home will only become more complex and the issue here is, you only renovate once in a 5 to 10 years. Once you've invested in a smart home system that does not meet your requirements, you can only wait till the next cycle before you can change out the system.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>While most clients mention to us that there is budget limitations, our advise is to invest small in a good system, that allows for stability and consistenty while you can slowly add on the additional features once your budget allows. The key concern here is not being able to freely add on appliances that are proven to be connected to an ecosystem.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-separator\"><div class=\"s-separator-content\"><div class=\"separator\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>While Home-A-Genius works on a rather wide range of brands, brands that cater to at least 80% of the requirements from our clients, there are brands out there that does not link up with us. These \"linking\" does not come easy and some of them also ensures stability and support from the parent brands that work with us. 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class=\"wd-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content wd-entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8115\" class=\"elementor elementor-8115\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-657a2d0 e-flex e-con-boxed wd-section-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"657a2d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3807239 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"3807239\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>I recently read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/family-smart-home-control-rant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"web\">an article<\/a> on Wired by Simon Hill (dated 11 June 2022, really recent). The article mentioned about how Simon and his family lived in a smart home and the experience turned out differently. For all you smart home owners wannabe, these will be issues you will face in reality. Sadly most home owners will only face these issues after purchasing the devices\/System Integrator's beautiful dream. Let's review some of the rants by the smart home gatekeeper of the Hill family and see if there are any solutions to these inherent issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>1. IoT App Fatigue - Multiple apps<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><em>But the reality falls woefully short of that vision. \u201cDad! The light isn\u2019t turning on!\u201d \u201cSimon! Google won\u2019t open the curtains again!\u201d \u201cHow do I get YouTube on<\/em>\u00a0<em>your<\/em>\u00a0<em>TV?\u201d \u201cWhich app is it for the garden lights again?\u201d Invite<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/gallery\/best-smart-bulbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"\"><u><em>smart bulbs<\/em><\/u><\/a><em>,<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/gallery\/best-robot-vacuums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"\"><u><em>robot vacuums<\/em><\/u><\/a><em>,<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/best-smart-speakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"\"><u><em>smart speakers<\/em><\/u><\/a><em>, and other wondrous devices into your house, and you will soon see the cracks. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p class=\"paywall\"><em>Then there are the apps. So many apps. Every device has its own app. The more smart home gadgets you add, the more cluttered your phone becomes. Keeping track of which app controls which device is tricky enough. But you must also install them for everyone else and train them, or accept your role as the gatekeeper of settings for the household.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-separator\">\n<div class=\"s-separator-content\">\n<div class=\"separator\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>You will need to leverage on all-in-one rule engine solution. Note that this is not about an all-in-one application as having a single rule engine will assist you in having all your devices in a single rule-engine hence in a single application.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>Home-A-Genius is able to do so as we link to various smart devices directly to our application, allowing for rules to be setup in the admin page. There is no need to set up secondary rules in Google Home. Once the rules are set up in the admin page, all the rules\/rooms\/scenes will be synced downstream allowing for the user interfaces to be updated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-image\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"s-component-content\">\n<div class=\"s-img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"s-ratio-box\">\n<div class=\"s-ratio-fill\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"crop-default lazyloaded aligncenter\" title=\"Single Application, Single Rule Engine, Single Home Automation\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/606265_796388.png\" alt=\"Single Application, Single Rule Engine, Single Home Automation\" width=\"500\" height=\"382\" data-description=\"\" data-image-link=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/blog\/why-running-your-smart-home-system-on-a-single-application-makes-sense\" data-src=\"\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/606265_796388.png\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>2. Change Wi-Fi system means to re-setup the smart home all over?!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><em>When things are running perfectly, you can catch a glimpse of comfort and convenience. But when issues crop up\u2014which they frequently do\u2014problem-solving falls on us. If you've ever lost a morning trying to set up a security camera; sacrificed an afternoon connecting your light panels to your new Wi-Fi mesh system.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-separator\">\n<div class=\"s-separator-content\">\n<div class=\"separator\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>This is the hard truth for everyone. If there is a need to change the router, the best you can do is to change the SSID to be the same as your previous one. Change of router is often the most tedious steps for all smart home as most smart home devices require a static IP to be assigned to them to ensure stability during connection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>While the solutions are limited, Home-A-Genius has a few strong men to assist in the change in router. Usually a change in router will result in smart home system downtime, but we are able to assist with a small fee. So Home-A-Genius users, fret not! Team Home-A-Genius is all ready to assist when the day comes!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>3. Smart Lights that aren't really that smart<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><em>Take smart lighting, for example. For it to work, you have to remind everyone in your family to leave the old switches alone. Fail, and your meticulously arranged remote control, voice commands, and scheduling are gone.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-separator\">\n<div class=\"s-separator-content\">\n<div class=\"separator\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>Smart Lights had been problematic since the beginning of time. When Team Home-A-Genius implemented smart lights solution, we faced a few concerns from clients. The main one being the smart light won't function if the switch is powered off - as described by Simon. Another being the smart lights are too dim. Home owners would prefer to have brighter lights, prefabaly 13W and above for each bulb.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>That was when Home-A-Genius came up with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/smart-light-and-entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"web\">Smarter light solution<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strikingly.com\/s\/blog_posts\/21243224\/edit?s=1656483391739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"\">. <\/a>The Smarter Light solution aimed to solve the number 1 issue faced by everyone including Simon. The Smarter Light comes with a toggle button, allowing for less-savvy users to continue pressing the switch, but that will not cut off the power supply to the smart lights. While the savvy users enjoy the automation\/routines painstakingly set up by them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-video\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"s-component-content\">\n<div class=\"s-video-content\">\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<div class=\"player\"><iframe class=\"embedly-embed\" title=\"YouTube embed\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FkuTxcdlzBmM%3Fwmode%3Dtransparent%26feature%3Doembed&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DkuTxcdlzBmM&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FkuTxcdlzBmM%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=9cb34c0390b4469e854e4dba4580a892&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"button-mask\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>4. Serious Lag time<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><em>Even when things do work, it can take a few seconds for your chosen assistant to turn the light off. I feel faintly ridiculous telling my wife not to touch the switch or close the curtains by hand as I repeat a voice command or tap away at my phone screen. \u201cIs this more convenient?\u201d she asks with a bemused look. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-separator\">\n<div class=\"s-separator-content\">\n<div class=\"separator\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>When we first did up Home-A-Genius, that was one of the pain points we had to endure when testing the system. That was when we hooked up with Google and embarked on our <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/assistant\/smarthome\/concepts\/local\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"web\">Local SDK<\/a> journey with Google Assistant. With Local SDK within the eco-system, we saw voice commands dropped from 3-5s to a mere 1s (sometimes on good days even less than 1s).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-image\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"s-component-content\">\n<div class=\"s-img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"s-ratio-box\">\n<div class=\"s-ratio-fill\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"crop-default lazyloaded aligncenter\" title=\"Look ma, that's us on the bottom right corner.\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/107399_152409.jpeg\" alt=\"Look ma, that's us on the bottom right corner.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"645\" data-description=\"\" data-image-link=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-src=\"\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/107399_152409.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>5. Google not being able to translate what you mean<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p class=\"paywall\"><em>I can barely keep this stuff straight. Little wonder the rest of my family struggles. Sometimes I feel like I\u2019m asking Hal to open the pod bay doors. As Google Assistant keeps telling me, \u201cSomething has gone wrong.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-separator\">\n<div class=\"s-separator-content\">\n<div class=\"separator\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p class=\"paywall\">I have to admit, we get this quite often from Google too. However the best workaround to this is to use simple voice command. <em>Pod Bay Doors<\/em> sound too chim in my opinion. Cutting it short to Bay Doors might have easily resolved it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p class=\"paywall\">6. The Matter Dream<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><em>Matter, the<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/what-is-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"\"><u><em>new smart-home standard<\/em><\/u><\/a><em>, is due any minute now and will tackle some of these problems.<\/em><em> ....... <\/em><em>But don\u2019t get too excited. As Michele Turner, director of Google's Smart Home Ecosystem, told me recently, it will provide a robust and reliable foundation to build on, but the individual devices themselves still need a lot of work.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-separator\">\n<div class=\"s-separator-content\">\n<div class=\"separator\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>Yes, don't get too excited! I have yet seen any framework on Matter as of now much less to say how long it will take for all other device to develop itself on the framework. The same goes for Zigbee 3.0. As much as I'd love to believe the beautiful lie of a fully integrated solution, the current IoT situation is a far cry from a standardised protocol. 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If you told someone that you could talk to your house and have it control the lights, temperature, locks, or even boil water for you several years ago, they would think you were either super rich or simply out of your mind.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Now, with the ubiquity of home automation systems and the ever-decreasing cost of smart<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333;\">home technology, more and more people in Singapore are turning their homes into automated abodes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">So, how much does it cost to have a smart home in Singapore? The answer, as with most things in life, is that it depends.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The average cost of a 5 room HDB unit can range from <b>$2,000 <\/b>all the way to <b>$7,000+<\/b>. It mostly depends on the size of your home, and scope of work.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88fec52 e-flex e-con-boxed wd-section-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"88fec52\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b826e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_title\" data-id=\"9b826e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"wd-section-title-css\" href=\"https:\/\/homeagenius.sg\/wp-content\/themes\/woodmart\/css\/parts\/el-section-title.min.css?ver=7.2.4\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\" \/> \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper set-mb-s reset-last-child wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default wd-title-size-default text-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"woodmart-title-container title wd-fontsize-l\">Smart Home Hub<\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c2e9e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"8c2e9e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">It ranges from below $100 all the way to $900+.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Here are some of the popular brands out there in the market and their pricing:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen): $139<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Amazon echo hub: $78-$153+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Aeotec Smart Home Hub: $170+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Anasonic Smart Home KX-HNB600EW Hub: $250+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">MOES Tuya ZigBee 3.0 Smart Gateway Hub: &lt;$50<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Frontpoint Hub and Keypad: $99<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Savant\u2019s Slick $500 Smart-Home Hub: $500+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Homey Pro: $749<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba459d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"ba459d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">A Smart Home Hub is a smart home device that stores information such as the smart home logic, room names, scene setup and connected devices.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The smart home hub is used to control other connected devices through a screen or through a phone application. Connect your smart bulbs, smart plugs, smart doorbells, and smart thermostats utilising voice commands or via the screen to manage everything.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">While thesmart home hub contains all the information about the home, it is best to purchase a hub has cybersecurity label to ensure privacy is taken care of. While the Singapore government has a team to run through the cybersecurity checks for all the IoT devices, not every IoT device are awarded the CSA CLS certification.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c38b22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_title\" data-id=\"7c38b22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper set-mb-s reset-last-child wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default wd-title-size-default text-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"woodmart-title-container title wd-fontsize-l\">Smart Light Switch <\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68ddfab elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"68ddfab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">It ranges from $60 to $200+.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">DIY ones can go as low as $12, and they do at times share the same functionality.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Just that, they do not cover things like:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Online\/back-end support<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Stronger warranty coverages<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333;\">And they do end up bringing in undesirable baggage, such as unwanted connection to a router, cloud communication or even data tracking.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Here are some common brands used in the market (per switch):<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Tuya Zigbee Smart Switch: $10-$30+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Kyla Gen2 Smart Light Switch: $39.90<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">SONOFF T3 Series Wifi Smart Wall Switch: $26.99<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">OUTSMART Wifi Smart Switch: $21.90<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Xiaomi Aqara D1 Wall Switch: $30-$48+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Aztech Kyla Gen 1 Smart 3 Gang Light Switch:<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">$55-$70+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Home-A-Genius Smart Switch: $99+<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dae2a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"1dae2a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Smart light switches are intended to be used in place of traditional built-in switches. Yes, you still have the ability to turn your lights on and off as you always have, but these smart switches give you much more control over your home's lighting and other appliances.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Smart light switches also come in various forms, e.g. dimmable switches, scene control switches, Wi-Fi connection, Zigbee connection etc. All of these switches will cater to different needs, and their costs will vary.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Wi-Fi switches are most common in the market, as they do not require additional hubs to be connected to. This creates a very affordable price point, which attracts many users to purchase them.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">However, Wi-Fi switches are not recommended, as Wi-Fi connection consumes more electricity, which in turn may lead to higher running costs overtime.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Zigbee switches are widely sold for its fast response time and lower electrical consumption. The only con for Zigbee switches is the need for an additional Zigbee Gateway.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94999b7 e-flex e-con-boxed wd-section-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"94999b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a1fce4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_title\" data-id=\"2a1fce4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper set-mb-s reset-last-child wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default wd-title-size-default text-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"woodmart-title-container title wd-fontsize-l\">Motion Sensor <\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60fd41b elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"60fd41b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">It ranges from $9 to $100+.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Tuya Smart Motion Sensor ZigBee: $13.90-$27.80<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Xiaomi Mi Home Motion Sensor: $21.90<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">IKEA TR\u00c5DFRI Motion Sensor: $19.90<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">SONOFF SNZB-03 - ZigBee Motion Sensor: $8.95<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Kyla by Aztech - ZigBee Motion Sensor: $39.90<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Aqara Smart Human Motion Sensor Security Device: $18.89-$39+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Unicun Smart Home Motion Sensor: $197.57<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Telekom Magenta Smart Home Wireless Motion Sensor Indoor: $260+<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">A motion sensor (sometimes known as a motion detector) is a piece of equipment that is designed to detect and measure movement. Motion sensors are most often utilized in home and business security systems.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af17999 e-flex e-con-boxed wd-section-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"af17999\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90f2904 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_title\" data-id=\"90f2904\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper set-mb-s reset-last-child wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default wd-title-size-default text-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"woodmart-title-container title wd-fontsize-l\">IR Blaster <\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5f1d73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"a5f1d73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">It ranges from $9 to $140+.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Kaforto Smart IR Remote Controller: $9+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Kyla Gen 2 Smart Station (IR Blaster All-In-1 Remote: $45.90<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Tuya WIFI Universal Smart IR Remote Control: $19+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">MoesGo Universal Blaster Infrared Repeater Hub: $120+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Broadlink RM4 Mini: $25.99<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">An infrared blaster (IR blaster) is a device that transmits instructions from a remote control to one or more devices that require infra-red remote control.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The most frequent use of an IR blaster is to allow a device to control the channel and options on an external gadget such as a cable box, set-top box, blu-ray player, or DVD. IR Blaster even allows one to control connected external devices using the smart touch control on the TV.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43624bd e-flex e-con-boxed wd-section-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43624bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8481039 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_title\" data-id=\"8481039\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper set-mb-s reset-last-child wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default wd-title-size-default text-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"woodmart-title-container title wd-fontsize-l\">Door Camera <\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8489488 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"8489488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">It ranges from $70 to $500+. OEM ones can go as low as $70 per door camera.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Xiaomi Youpin Video Doorbell: $70+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Anytek B50 Smart WiFi Video Intercom: $50+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Hikvision DS-HD1 3MP Outdoor Wi-Fi Smart Doorbell Camera: $180+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">rlo Essential Spotlight Wire-Free Camera: $500+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Xiaomi Youpin Video Doorbell 2022: $80+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Google Nest Doorbell (Battery) CCTV Door Bell: $260+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Tuya Smart Video Doorbell Camera: $80+<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Smartdoor cameras provide audio and one-way (occasionally two-way) video communication with visitors seeking access to a home unit.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">One will need to find out if the Door Camera connects to Wi-Fi or if it requires a data cable for connection.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Usually the Wi-Fi connected door cameras require frequent battery changes, in addition, Wi-Fi connected Door cameras are affected by the Wi-Fi signal strength i.e. if the door camera is not connected to the Wi-Fi, CCTV footages cannot be sent to cloud storage for recording, which will result in the Wi-Fi camera being just an artefact.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6305226 e-flex e-con-boxed wd-section-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6305226\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dda03ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_title\" data-id=\"dda03ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper set-mb-s reset-last-child wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default wd-title-size-default text-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"woodmart-title-container title wd-fontsize-l\">CCTV Camera <\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d139f4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"d139f4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tIt ranges from $35 to $350 per unit. \n\nA CCTV (closed-circuit television) system may be used to monitor the interior and exterior of a\nproperty using video cameras that transmit their signals to a monitor or group of monitors. \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c5943 e-flex e-con-boxed wd-section-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a1c5943\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2abac9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_title\" data-id=\"f2abac9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper set-mb-s reset-last-child wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default wd-title-size-default text-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"woodmart-title-container title wd-fontsize-l\">Smart Plug <\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8425bda elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"8425bda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">It ranges from $50 to $200+.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">IKEA TR\u00c5DFRI wireless control outlet: $12.90<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">SMATRUL 20A\/16A smart wifi smart plug: $8 to $11+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Xiaomi MiJia Mi Power Socket Plug: $12-18+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Hive 3PKSMARTPLUG Active Smart Plug (3 Packs): $260+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Aoycocr Mini WIFI Smart Socket Switch: $49+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug Mini (2 Packs): $20+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">LifeSmart Smart Plug: $30<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">These gadgets convert almost any wired appliance with an on\/off switch into an automated one that can be controlled by a simple voice command or phone tap.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f5b01c e-flex e-con-boxed wd-section-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7f5b01c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ee8c98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_title\" data-id=\"9ee8c98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper set-mb-s reset-last-child wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default wd-title-size-default text-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"woodmart-title-container title wd-fontsize-l\">IP Camera (Alternative To CCTV Cameras) <\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8353e6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"8353e6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">It ranges from $25 (OEM ones) to $200+.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Xiaomi Dafang Smart IP Camera: $36+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Ubiquiti Uvc-g3-dome UniFi IP Dome Camera: $200+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Reolink - 4K Ultra HD (3840x2160p) Outdoor\/Indoor PoE IP Camera: $120+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Vstarcam C29S 1080P HD WIFI IP Camera: $55+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">NightChromaTM NC400 P67: $79+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Bosch IP Camera: $1000+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Panasonic i-Pro Extreme: $400-$1000+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Mobotix IP Cameras: $300++<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">An IP camera is a type of digital security camera that transmits and receives video footage through an IP network. They're commonly used for surveillance. Unlike analog closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV), IP cameras do not need a local recording device; they only require a local network.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5055969 e-flex e-con-boxed wd-section-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5055969\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11cf8f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_title\" data-id=\"11cf8f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper set-mb-s reset-last-child wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default wd-title-size-default text-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"woodmart-title-container title wd-fontsize-l\">Smart Lock <\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7db3567 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"7db3567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">It ranges from $200 all the way to even $1000+.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Though a decent one should cost at least $350+.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">GENESIS X360 TTLOCK 5-Way Smart Mortise Digital Door Lock: $400+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Suleve Smart Door Lock: $120+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Kaadas K9 Digital Door Lock: $849+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Celtech D7 Aluminium Smart Lock: $430+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Aqara N100 Smart Lock: $429+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Hido - Tuya Smart Lock: $379++<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Nest x Yale - Smart Lock with Nest Connect: $480+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Philips EasyKey 6100 Digital Door Lock: $699+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Samsung SHS-P717 Digital Door Lock Mortise: $699+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Yale Security YRD256-CBA-0BP Smart Lock: $400+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">August 3rd Generation Smart Lock Pro: $500+<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Schlage Encode Smart Wi-Fi Deadbolt: $400+<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Smart locks allow a homeowner to enter their house or allow others access without requiring a traditional key. Instead, the user uses their smartphone or a key fob to electronically authenticate and physically unlock the door remotely. Smart locks are one step closer to providing on-demand home security.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-052c124 e-flex e-con-boxed wd-section-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"052c124\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-197cc71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_title\" data-id=\"197cc71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper set-mb-s reset-last-child wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default wd-title-size-default text-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"woodmart-title-container title wd-fontsize-l\">Consultation and Engineering Cost<\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c502e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"5c502e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">When building a smart home, the cost of consultation and system integration plays a key role in your budget. Using an in-house system can help cut upfront expenses compared to hiring external specialists. Initial consultation fees with an in-house team can range from <b><strong class=\"font-bold\">$500 to $2,000<\/strong><\/b>, depending on the scope of the project and the number of smart technologies you plan to include.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This does not include necessary <b><strong class=\"font-bold\">rewiring works <\/strong><\/b>that may be required to integrate the smart technologies into your home, which will cost an average of <b><strong class=\"font-bold\">$3000<\/strong><\/b>.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Apart from consultation fees, there is also the cost of engineering and customisation services.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"text-body font-regular leading-[24px] pt-[9px] pb-[2px]\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">However, integrating various smart devices isn't always straightforward. Each system \u2014 whether it\u2019s lighting, security, or HVAC \u2014 may use different communication protocols or require unique configurations. This complexity can add to the cost, as you may need to purchase additional equipment, such as hubs or adapters, to ensure compatibility.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0e7ac0 e-flex e-con-boxed wd-section-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0e7ac0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b0ea82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_title\" data-id=\"6b0ea82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper set-mb-s reset-last-child wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default wd-title-size-default text-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"woodmart-title-container title wd-fontsize-l\">Why The Difference In Prices For Certain Brands? <\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc4c94e elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"bc4c94e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>1. Quality of product &amp; design:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">OEM products are usually limited in capabilities and quality, and are easily found on<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333;\">e-commerce platforms such as Lazada, Shopee, etc.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>2. Closed ecosystem:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Most solutions can only link to apps within their own ecosystem. i.e. they are unable to link up to brands that are well-loved by Singaporeans Sonos, Roborock\/Ecovacs or Sony Smart TV.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>3. Technology:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Most of the time, the cloud connected smart home systems have to process smart home logic<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333;\">via a cloud server.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This poses severe security implications that many consumers are unaware of.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>4. Service Level:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">While companies turn to price war to retain customers, their service level is compromised, as they need to keep the team small and lean to accommodate the low pricing.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Some companies might choose to have an extremely lean team to maintain everything: the operational, logistics, sales, marketing, technical support and on-site support of the products.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">After sales support for the clients is not just important, but has become a necessity, as a smart home is a new thing, and not everyone has the knowledge to troubleshoot them when needed.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>5. Off the shelf items from OEM companies:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This limits innovation and does not allow products to be built around the needs of their consumers. It only takes USD5000 to white label an app to have their own branding, and this also includes the architecture of the smart home system, i.e. cloud server.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14b8f4b e-flex e-con-boxed wd-section-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"14b8f4b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65b4930 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_title\" data-id=\"65b4930\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper set-mb-s reset-last-child wd-title-color-default wd-title-style-default wd-title-size-default text-left\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"woodmart-title-container title wd-fontsize-l\">The Home-A-Genius Difference<\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91d815c elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"91d815c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Home-A-Genius smart home system offers 1 unified application that can connect to various applications simultaneously.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The difficulty is to sync all of them together. Usually, consumers would have 1 application for their security cameras, another application for their doorbell, another application for their lights, etc.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The confusion always starts when users do not know which application to use. i.e. the app provided by the system integrator or the Google Home app. The back story is that once you hop onto Google Home, which is the application that allows full integration, the promises on the application on the system integrator (Local Area Connection, single app control) would be nullified.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Multiple applications will also contribute to confusion, leading to a bad user experience.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">With tons of smart home technologies already supported, you can add virtually any device or sensor to Home-A-Genius directly, with the help of team Home-A-Genius online, and also their installation manual prepared by their friendly engineers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">You can begin your smart home automation journey by adding smart devices and smart sensors in a matter of minutes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Updating your smart home logic is also easy, as the team would have set up most of the smart home logic on your behalf. You would just need to fine tune the system to your specifics!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Best of all, there is no need for a secondary app like Google Home to work!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In addition, we offer a smart home floor plan that allows you to view the status of your smart lights, smart switches and smart devices all within a single page, without the need for additional scrolling\/tapping to check on your home!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Consult us today to know more about<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/homeagenius.sg\/\">smart home Singapore<\/a> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">and how you can benefit from having the best smart home automation package!<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post 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wd-section-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"657a2d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3807239 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"3807239\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>The advent of smart technology has revolutionised the way we work, so it only makes sense that we would embrace it in our personal lives as well! More homeowners are adopting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/smart-home-automation\" target=\"_self\" data-type=\"web\">smart home systems<\/a> and technology as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/smart-home-automation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"web\">home automation<\/a> has become more affordable, with lower barriers to entry.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">There are many advantages to having a smart home. You can save money on your energy bills, you can keep an eye on your property even when you\u2019re not there, and you can increase your home\u2019s security. However, there are also some disadvantages to consider. Today we will present the pros and cons of a smart home.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h2 class=\"quill-block\">Pro: Ease of mind &amp; Higher Quality of Life<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">One of the main advantages of a smart home is having the flexibility and the ability to take your mind off tedious, mentally taxing stresses. Imagine the need to rush to work on a Monday morning, with both kids in your arms and running around the house to ensure that all aircons, fans and lights are powered off.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">With a smart home, you can program your devices to power off with a single \u201cGoodbye\u201d command or at a specific timing when everyone is surely out of the house. Instead of focusing on the nitty gritty details like flicking the switches, users now can focus on the safety of their child or ponder about how to solve their issue at work.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">While this may seem costly when bundled with the renovation budget, the cost of technology will eventually be neutralized when the system is used on a daily basis during system uptime.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">Other benefits would include: time saving, energy efficiency, and safety.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">\u00a0<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">Con: Compatibility Issues<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-image\"><div><div class=\"s-component-content\"><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"s-ratio-box\"><div class=\"s-ratio-fill\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"crop-default lazyloaded\" title=\"pros and cons of a smart home - compatibility issue\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/7698672\/481677_725141.jpeg\" alt=\"pros and cons of a smart home - compatibility issue\" width=\"800\" height=\"267\" data-description=\"\" data-image-link=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-src=\"\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/7698672\/481677_725141.jpeg\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">Not combining technology that works together is one of the first flaws in adopting smart home technology. The smart technology industry is competitive, and there are a lot of alternatives on the market. This also means that a lot of the time, devices in the IoT industry don\u2019t work together.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">IoT devices also comes in many different forms; runs on various IoT protocol. As such, the in-depth details of using each device also comes with its own pros &amp; cos. i.e. Wi-Fi switches may use higher electricity than Zigbee switches.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">Such complexity will not be flagged out during the sales process and it is only up to the customer\u2019s knowledge to understand the device they are purchasing. These are often so if the item is purchased off e-commerce platforms.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">Therefore it is important to do thorough research on the items you are purchasing and it is also critical to get a superior <span class=\"s-text-color-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/smart-home-automation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"web\">smart home solution<\/a><\/span> that is able to integrate with all of your smart electronics and appliances into a single application.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">\u00a0<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">Pro: Support For Older Generation<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">A common misconception is that smart homes are for the young ones, but believe it or not, smart homes actually help to serve the older folks.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">With features like medical alert systems, automatic lightings and temperature control, the elderly can live with more independence in their own homes.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">Smart home solutions are also incorporated to minimise movements by the elderly. i.e. smart doorbell camera allows video\/voice footage to be sent to the user without the need to walk to the door.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">Features such as the smart floor plan (a visual representation of the house) also helps older generation get used to the smart home with a single tap on the smart floor plan, which provides a visual representation for the users.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">Con: Dependence on Technology<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">Just like anything else that is technology-driven, a smart home is also dependent on gadgets and devices to function properly.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">If the smart home system is reliant on your local network, or reliant on an unsecured local server, then you risk being helpless if the server crashes.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">\u00a0<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">Pro: Energy Efficiency<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">The benefit of smart home technology is the energy efficiency it will bring to your house.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">There are a variety of simple ways to cut your carbon footprint and lower your utility bill. You may use energy management solutions such as lighting controls, smart power tracks, and smart plugs to help you decrease both your environmental effect and your monthly utility bill! You may also connect smart sprinkler systems and sensors to detect possible water leaks and reduce wasteful water usage.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">While owning a smart home will also mean that many of your devices will be on standby mode, using the rules and logic to reduce usage appliances\/devices with high energy consumption is proven to be more effective than conserving electrical consumption of devices on standby.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">\u00a0<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">Con: Might Be Susceptible To Outages<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">One disadvantage of a smart home is the risk of an internet outage. While rare, losing electricity or access to the internet for even a short time, especially when your whole house is dependent on it to function can be a huge frustration.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">Therefore it is important to find a smart home provider that offers reliable service and has a solid backup plan in place. The smart home systems should also be self-reliant in case the outage happens past office hours. i.e. if the system goes down, there should be an alternative for the users to still be able to power on\/off the lights via a physical switch.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">Having a strong support team in place will ensure that you receive the necessary help when troubleshooting or adjustments are needed, or even when things don\u2019t go according to plan.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">Consultants who understand your daily activities and needs are more likely to offer you insights as well as recommendations to help you to achieve your smart home goals. They are also the ones that you can lean on for setup help and maintenance.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">\u00a0<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">Pro: Accessibility and Security<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">The times of only relying on our dogs to keep our homes secure are long gone: now, thanks to smart home automation and technology, our home security systems are always in touch with us.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/smart-home-automation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"\"><u>home automation system<\/u><\/a> can be a great way to automate and keep track of your home security, without having to constantly worry about it.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">If you are searching for a basic security monitoring system with door and window sensors, as well as a doorbell camera, there are plenty of internal and external security solutions out there in the market.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">\u00a0<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">Con: Vulnerable To Cybersecurity Breaches (At Times)<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">Although a home automation system can bring plenty of convenience and peace of mind to your life, it also might be vulnerable to hackers and other cybersecurity breaches.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">According to a study done by HP, 70% of all IoT devices are vulnerable to medium or high severity security flaws.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">So, before you invest in a smart home solution, make sure to do your research on the company and their security protocol to avoid any headaches down the road.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">\u00a0<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">Pro: Increased Home Value<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">Did you know that smart home technology is now being taken into account during property appraisals? Smart thermostats, smoke alarms with sensors, and home security systems all seem to improve a house's value.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">\u00a0<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">Con: Startup Costs<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">Even the best investments come with a cost. Even though smart devices and technology have gotten a lot more affordable over time, fitting your house with smart devices and technology may still be expensive. Make sure you conduct thorough research to figure out what would work best for your unique requirements!<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">In certain situations, depending on the smart home solution, it may require you to do electrical rewiring of your home, and this would increase your overall cost.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">\u00a0<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><h3 class=\"quill-block\">The Home-A-Genius Difference<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">At Home-A-Genius, we offer a one Stop Wi-Fi &amp; Smart home solution - 99% deadspot free solution.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">Home-A-Genius operates within the local network; i.e. it works independently without the internet, while connecting the devices within the same network. This means that you do not have to worry if our servers shut down, and that means that your data is compromised, or that your smart devices will suddenly stop functioning.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"quill-block\">You won't have to worry about compatibility problems, either, since we provide a single App that can connect to a variety of appliances and electrical fixes all within a <strong>single system<\/strong>. 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elementor-element-657a2d0 e-flex e-con-boxed wd-section-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"657a2d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3807239 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"3807239\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Too many platforms, too many choices...<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Tuya, Home-A-Genius, etc. these are the platforms that you've probably heard of when you are looking to do up a smart home ecosystem.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Google Home &amp; Amazon Alexa works on pretty much the same basics - software developers build services\/skills to allow their applications to link up to Google Home &amp; Amazon Alexa. To allow these services\/skills on their platform, massive tests were done to ensure usability of services\/skills.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-image\"><div><div class=\"s-component-content\"><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"s-ratio-box\"><div class=\"s-ratio-fill\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"crop-default lazyloaded aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1585427670610-6e63ac2093b3?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=80&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;h=9000&amp;w=1200&amp;fit=clip&amp;fm=jpg\" alt=\"broken image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-description=\"\" data-image-link=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1585427670610-6e63ac2093b3?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=80&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;h=9000&amp;w=1200&amp;fit=clip&amp;fm=jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Tuya platform pretty much allows for any distributor who've paid for the microchip to link up to their platform; disallowing integration with other ecosystems, unless linking up with Google Home\/Amazon Alexa.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Let's skip the boring parts here and move on to more important topics. As we all know Smart home platforms comes in 2 different forms: Cloud-based and Local Area Network (LAN). Simple, one runs on cloud (requires internet) one runs on your local network (don't need internet). Google Home\/Amazon Alexa and Tuya are all cloud-based.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p><strong>Getting a System Integrator vs DIY<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default\"><span class=\"s-text-color-default\">The role of system integrators (SI) involves being a consultant during the smart home setup, pre-setup and also after the setup is completed. While the role of SI may sound simple, it involves a full suite of services from developing the solution, building and R&amp;D on new solutions, communicating with the ID\/electrician, setting up the system, training users on how to use the system and lastly, off-site and on-site maintainence of the system. As you can see the scope of work of an SI is pretty hefty, hence you can never be able to justify the pricetag against a smart home system that is built via DIY. <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default\"><span class=\"s-text-color-default\">DIY solutions are readily available in the market, with suppliers providing solutions online. While it may look as easy on the e-commerce paltform, IoT solutions are not as simple as it seems. <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default\"><span class=\"s-text-color-default\"><em>Do you know that Wi-Fi connected devices consume more electricity than Zigbee devices even though there is no need for an additional hub? <\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-image\"><div><div class=\"s-component-content\"><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"s-ratio-box\"><div class=\"s-ratio-fill\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"crop-default lazyloaded aligncenter\" title=\"Electrical consumption for various microchip\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/320763_110236.png\" alt=\"Electrical consumption for various microchip\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" data-description=\"\" data-image-link=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/figure\/Power-Consumption-Test-for-Bluetooth-ZigBee-and-Wi-Fi_tbl1_318054538\" data-src=\"\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/320763_110236.png\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>While the solution may seem more afforable at the start, the running cost to maintain the system will cost more overtime. Information as such will not be displayed on the e-commerce platform, hence it is up to the client's knowledge to decide on the device.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-separator\"><div class=\"s-separator-content\"><div class=\"separator\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Single Application - A promise from a System Integrator<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>The difficulty of the IoT ecosystem now is being able to sync all of the various devices together. Usually, consumers would have 1 application for their security cameras, another application for their doorbell, another application for their lights, and so on. The confusion always starts when users do not know which application to use. i.e. the app provided by the system integrator or the Google Home app.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>The backstory to this is that once you hop onto Google Home, or an alternative secondary app that allows for full integration, the promises on the application on the system integrator (Local Area Connection, single app control) would be nullified. Use of multiple applications will also contribute to confusion, leading to bad user experience.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Being able to link up to a device\/application is not easy - various API linkages are required. Massive programming +maintenance works required along the way. Building an application to link up to various devices is not as simple as it looks. On top of that, users have to use that application on a daily basis. The app has to be lightweight, secure and also user friendly at the same time.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-separator\"><div class=\"s-separator-content\"><div class=\"separator\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Single Rules Engine - Single Maintainence work<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>An all-in-one application promises one thing. <strong>Easy maintainence<\/strong>. What it means is that you need not use multiple applications just to setup rules.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p><strong>Example<\/strong>: Sw<span class=\"s-text-color-default\">itches belong to a proprietary application (App P). App P is unable to link up with other smart appliances proivded in Singapore. e.g. Dyson fan, Sonos sound system and LG\/Sony\/Android TV. The only way to link up these devices in your living room is via Google Home. <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default\"><span class=\"s-text-color-default\">What does this mean to a user? <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default\"><span class=\"s-text-color-default\">Multiple Rule engine used, resulting in multiple rooms\/scene setup. More complex debugging if needed.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><ul><li class=\"s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default\"><span class=\"s-text-color-default\">Firstly, you need to link the devices in App P, group them in an dummy room e.g. Resting Room. Note you cannot use the same name in Google Home as this will confuse the system.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default\"><span class=\"s-text-color-default\">Next, you will need to sync the rooms and scenes to Google Home App. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default\"><span class=\"s-text-color-default\">Link smart <\/span>appliances<span class=\"s-text-color-default\"> (Dyson, Sonos sound system and LG\/Sony\/Android TV) to Google Home App, and setup another new room in Google Home App. This time you can use the correct room name \"Living Room\" as this will be the actual name used in your Google Command. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default\"><span class=\"s-text-color-default\">Thereafter, you will need to add the devices into Living Room. Your Living Room is setup! <\/span><\/li><li class=\"s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default\"><span class=\"s-text-color-default\">That is not all, the above steps only allow you to use the voice command. To use the Siri Widgets, you will need to create shortcuts in the shortcuts app. <\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default\"><span class=\"s-text-color-default\">Notice the number of rules engines <\/span>used in this scenario <span class=\"s-text-color-default\">and the number of times the user needs to setup a room. Much less to mention if the additional device needs to be added after your SI has left the house. Maintainence will be a nightmare. <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-image\"><div><div class=\"s-component-content\"><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"s-ratio-box\"><div class=\"s-ratio-fill\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"crop-default lazyloaded aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/606265_796388.png\" alt=\"broken image\" width=\"500\" height=\"382\" data-description=\"\" data-image-link=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-src=\"\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/606265_796388.png\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p class=\"s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default s-text-color-default\"><span class=\"s-text-color-default\">In Home-A-Genius, we have a single rule engine, single admin page and a single action of setting up the rules will sync up with all downstream user interfaces: Smarter switch, Home-A-Genius Widget and the Google Home app. Furthermore, this eliminates the need to use dummy room names hence lesser confusion just to reference the rooms\/scenes in-between applications.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Leave it to us!<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"web\">Home-A-Genius<\/a> specializes in developing smart home platform and also comes with a strong team that assist with your smart home setup. 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The vast options out there indeed worries any home owner as every fan comes with different technical specifications and different signalling protocol. Here&#8217;s a guide on how to choose the right ceiling fan for your smart home!<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Signalling Protocol in the market<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Wi-Fi Smart Fans<\/strong><\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Popularity of Wi-Fi Smart fans are on the rise due to the accessibility of Tuya chips in the market. Pros of using Wi-Fi smart fans include <em>bi-directional feedback<\/em>, i.e. being able to have the true status of the fan reflected on the mobile app, and having the <em>flexibility of white ambiance color tuning and brightness adjustment<\/em> for the LED lights on the ceiling fans.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Why bi-directional feedback helps? Simply put, if my SO were to use the remote to power off the fan, I am able to see that the fan is powered off from the app. I will explain the confusion caused by uni-directional signalling protocol later in this article.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image {\"linkDestination\":\"custom\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poecofan.com\/product\/blizzard-series-06-japan-nsk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"PO Fan - Blizzard\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/752701_7420.png\" alt=\"PO Fan - Blizzard\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now, the cons of having a Wi-Fi enabled fan &#8211; it contributes to <em>network congestion<\/em>, on top of your iPads, mobile phones, tablets, laptops, work station etc. now the Smart Fan joins the ecosystem. Not forgetting your smart TV, Smart Washing Machine, Smart Fridge etc. Another consideration is that Wi-Fi chips consume higher electricity than other signal protocols, which begs the question; whether getting a smart home really saves energy.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Wi-Fi enabled fans also comes with their proprietary mobile applications, which means that if you have an ecosystem of smart devices, you will have multiple app on your phone.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Brands with Wi-Fi enabled fans: <em>PO Eco, Haiku, Crestar<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Remote control enabled ceiling fans<\/strong><\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Remote control comes in various forms, RF, IR and Bluetooth. Here is how you identify them<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"KDK DC Fan usually use IR Remote controllers\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/500679_693277.png\" alt=\"KDK DC Fan usually use IR Remote controllers\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Infra-Red (IR) enabled remote control has a small bulb at the top of the remote. Most air conditioners use IR remote control and can only <em>work with line of sight<\/em>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Brands using IR Remote controllers: <em>Haiku, KDK (DC Fans)<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Radio Frequency (RF) enabled remote control has an RF chip which is embedded within the remote. RF signals are able to pass through walls and <em>no need any line of sight<\/em> for the remote to work. RF frequency usually runs between 300-440 hz.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Brands using RF Remote Controllers: <em>Fanco, PO Eco, KDK, Fanztec, Bestar<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Bluetooth enabled remote controls are introduced very recently and are a mutated form of the RF, just that it uses radio waves on a frequency band between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yugatech.com\/guides\/infrared-vs-bluetooth-remotes-which-is-better\/#sthash.4grfHmkP.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2.400 GHz and 2.483.5 GHz<\/a> for data transmission. Bluetooth technology is said to be the future and it is able to connect to multiple devices including your mobile phones and tablets directly.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Brands using Bluetooth Remote controllers: <em>Crestar<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>It is still possible to get Crestar RF remote controls but they seem to be phasing out their RF remote controls<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>IR or RF remote controls are easy to replicate and learn. IR\/RF universal remote controllers are readily available online with a simple manual\/step by step instructions on the mobile app; it is the simplest way to integrate into smart homes.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Unline Wi-Fi connected fans, IR, RF and bluetooth remote controls are not bi-directional i.e. if my SO turns off the celing fan using the remote (and not via the smart home app) the true status of the fan will not be reflected on the app, making it frustrating to live with someone who doesn&#8217;t like to use the smart home app. Read on for Home-A-Genius&#8217; workaround to fix this problem! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Good ol&#8217; traditional fan wall switch<\/strong><\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I&#8217;d say we&#8217;ve gone past that since 2019. Most fans have migrated to remote control for many reasons; user convenience, installer&#8217;s convenience etc. I can&#8217;t think of any pros of using a traditional wall switch except that there is no need to change put batteries. At this day and age, just go for a remote controlled fan. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/516496_354831.png\" alt=\"broken image\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>So what determines the right signalling protocol for you when doing a smart home?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Simple answer: Smart signalling device and Location of your fan<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The most generic smart home device is the universal controller &#8211; Broadlink. Broadlink has a few versions. Let&#8217;s zoom into the 2 favourites. <em>Broadlink RM 4 Pro<\/em> and <em>Broadlink RM 4<\/em>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Broadlink RM4 Pro\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/490726_201796.png\" alt=\"Broadlink RM4 Pro\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Broadlink RM 4 has IR capabilities and RM 4 Pro has both RF and IR functionalities. Both are able sync up to Google Assistant and Alexa. For your smart fan to work with Broadlink, your fan must be able to receive IR\/RF signals. Broadlink can only learn RF signals within the range of 315.XX or 433.XX MHz unencrypted. This does not apply to RF controllers which are sending out rolling codes. Rolling codes mean that every RF signal sent out is different. Broadlink is unable to learn rolling codes as of now.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Examples of fans with Rolling codes: <em>Vento, Aeroair<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Note: We&#8217;ve confirmed that <em>Eco-Airx<\/em> is no longer running on rolling code and we are able to use Broadlink RF blaster to send signalsto the fans!<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Broadlink, just like any other electronic devices, is not weatherproof. If you are getting a fan for your balcony, best to get an RF\/Wi-Fi fan. This way, you are able to keep the signalling devices indoors while you automate your balcony fans.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to select a good Fan remote for Broadlink?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:image -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"image courtesy from Home-A-Genius' client\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/841241_839979.png\" alt=\"image courtesy from Home-A-Genius' client\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>TOP Choice<\/strong> for RF fan remote. The above remote control has all the functions needed for:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Fan Speed, as represented by the individual 1,2,3,4,5<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. White Ambiance color tuning, as represented by Cool, Day and warm in seperate buttons<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. Seperate off function for fan and light<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. RF control, meaning to say I can keep the Broadlink RM 4 Pro indoors while i control the ceiling fan in the balcony.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Overall the above remote has all the features needed for smart home automation, with all functions available for Broadlink to learn. Also mean that I can easily give voice command to Google\/Smart home app for almost every function I need for my fan. The only feature that is lacking for this remote is to be able to control the brightness of the lights via percentage. i.e. the user has to be present to validate the correct brightness.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"image courtesy from Home-A-Genius' client\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/136278_736753.png\" alt=\"image courtesy from Home-A-Genius' client\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The above remote control has all the functions needed for:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. Fan Speed, as represented by the individual 1,2,3,4,5,6<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. Seperate off function for fan<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. Color adjustment of LED light is limited by toggle action.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>4. RF control, meaning to say I can keep the Broadlink RM 4 Pro indoors while I control the ceiling fan in the balcony.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My only issue with this remote is that it does not allow me to give voice command to say &#8220;Set lights to warm white&#8221;. The user will need to validate the color of the lights by being physically there.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image {\"linkDestination\":\"custom\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dyson.com.sg\/dyson-am07-tower-fan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dyson Fan remote control\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/591210_155350.png\" alt=\"Dyson Fan remote control\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Sadly, Dyson has the worst remote control for linking up to Broadlink. Don&#8217;t get me wrong. Dyson fan and remote is good if you are not doing any smart home automation. I&#8217;ll list down the reasons why its not the best option with Broadlink:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. There is no specific on\/off button.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. No distinct buttons for specific fan speed<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. Remote control is IR<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This means that we are unable to determine the fan speed or if the fan is powered on\/off unless we validate it ourselves. Also the IR blaster has to be in line of sight to the Dyson fans.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>An alternative is to set up a Google routine by turning on a smart plug and sending an IR signal to the fan.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/945845_430874.png\" alt=\"broken image\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We recently saw the above fan remote and it can&#8217;t be linked to Broadlink RM Pro+. We suspect its not RF. What we didnt like about this remote was:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>1. There was no distinct speed for the system to determine &#8220;Low, Medium, High&#8221; fan speed.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>2. The LED light buttons were too small for us to figure out which buttons to increase\/decrease brightness.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>3. We couldnt figure out what the rest of the buttons mean.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Overall, we can&#8217;t link this fan up and user has to use the fan seperately from the smart home system.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fine-Tuning\/Workaround by Home-A-Genius<\/strong><\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Ease off network congestion<\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Most of our ceiling fans are linked up by 1x RF Broadlink, reducing the number of connected devices to the routers to its minimum. As RF remotes can pass through walls, we usually recommend just 1 RF blaster for a single storey apartment.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Deep integration with Smart Fans<\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While Dyson remains one of the favourite fans in Singapore, <a href=\"https:\/\/homeagenius.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Home-A-Genius<\/a> is compatible with Dyson fans, allowing our app users to control on\/off and fan speed (from 0% to 100%) with bi-directional feedback. This way, the reliance on smart plugs and IR blasters is eliminated.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While we see IR &amp; RF signals as a way to minimize network congestion, IR\/RF signals can only be sent out in sequence. I.e. If you are planning to turn on your Air Con and Ceiling fan at the same time, we will recommend a 2 step process as the signals can only be sent out in sequence. Deep integration on the other hand, is able to manage multiple commands.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/624242_480524.png\" alt=\"broken image\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Powering on\/off fans by switches<\/strong><\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:image -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/858709_448368.png\" alt=\"broken image\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Home owners who want to capture true status of their homes, using voice command and app control is the best method. However, an alternative option is to power off\/on fans. Such situations may poise a problem if the fan motor does not have last state memory. i.e. the fan remains off despite it being powered on before someone presses the switch. Home-A-Genius has implemented a 2-step feature for all ceiling fans whereby pressing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/smart-switch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">switch<\/a> alone will trigger the RF blaster to turn on the fan to the defualt fan speed the family desires.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Feel free to drop by our showroom at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/visit-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 Tampines North Drive 1 #01-20 T-Space Singapore 528559 <\/a>to see how we automate our partner company PO fan!<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Disclaimer: Signalling protocol of the above brands are truthful as of December 2021. We are unsure when the companies will change their protocol. 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class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-heading\">\n<p>COVID-19 sparks fear, anxiety &amp; kiasu-ism<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>With the constant news on COVID-19 spread across the globe, everyone is living in fear. The constant awareness on social distancing, sanitizing, washing of hands etc. have led to an increase in steps\/processes within the home. Technology is here to simplify things.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-image\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"s-component-content\">\n<div class=\"s-img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"s-ratio-box\">\n<div class=\"s-ratio-fill\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"crop-default lazyloaded\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1584475784921-d9dbfd9d17ca?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=85&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;cs=srgb&amp;h=9000&amp;w=1200&amp;fit=clip&amp;fm=jpg\" alt=\"broken image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-description=\"\" data-image-link=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1584475784921-d9dbfd9d17ca?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=85&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;cs=srgb&amp;h=9000&amp;w=1200&amp;fit=clip&amp;fm=jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-heading\">\n<p>1. Reducing surface contact<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><strong>- Voice control such as Google Assistant(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Voice command was always the call for automation hands-free\/touch-free. With the constant fear of contaminated surfaces, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadbandtechreport.com\/in-the-home\/article\/14173205\/covid19-a-boon-for-smart-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voice command surely brings reduced contact<\/a>. Turning on lights\/fans are not limited through switches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>Worried about slow network speeds affecting your smart home's reaction time? We heard you. <strong>Home-A-Genius recently launched our Local Google Assistant<\/strong>; voice commands get activated in less than 1s (cold starts excluded). Our engineers were hard at work on it during our COVID-19 #stayhome days as we knew the importance of speedy voice commands in smart homes. Existing Home-A-Genius homeowners, stay tuned to your upgraded hubs this week!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-image\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"s-component-content\">\n<div class=\"s-img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"s-ratio-box\">\n<div class=\"s-ratio-fill\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"crop-default lazyloaded\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1578510879285-4aeb67eec1d2?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=85&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;cs=srgb&amp;h=9000&amp;w=1200&amp;fit=clip&amp;fm=jpg\" alt=\"broken image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-description=\"\" data-image-link=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1578510879285-4aeb67eec1d2?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=85&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;cs=srgb&amp;h=9000&amp;w=1200&amp;fit=clip&amp;fm=jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><strong>- Motion sensors &amp; Door sensors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lights can also be triggered via sensors that simply reduces surface contact. Simply walk to the area of interest and the lights turn on like TA-DA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><strong>- Automatic Soap Dispenser<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rule of thumb. Reduce as much contact as possible. Instead of contaminating your soap dispenser, use the Xiaomi Automatic Soap Dispenser instead. Powered by only 4x AA batteries, the dispenser simply squirts a generous amount of foam for direct sanitization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-video\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"s-component-content\">\n<div class=\"s-video-content\">\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<div class=\"player\"><iframe class=\"embedly-embed\" title=\"YouTube embed\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2Fc6fvJdUFyvg%3Fwmode%3Dtransparent%26feature%3Doembed&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dc6fvJdUFyvg&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fc6fvJdUFyvg%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=9cb34c0390b4469e854e4dba4580a892&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"button-mask\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-heading\">\n<p>2. Contactless Delivery<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><strong>- 2-way Audio CCTV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With all the #stayhome signs everywhere, the best way to shop is through e-Commerce. Platforms like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/singaporehomecooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Singapore Home Cooks<\/a> where fresh foods can be ordered online and delivered to your doorsteps has eased its way into every household's lifestyle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><em>Scenario: The doorbell rings and you rush to don up your mask. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>Instead of rushing to the mask station, use a 2-way Audio CCTV to instruct the delivery man were to place the items. Slowly make your way to the delivered items after the delivery man has left.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-video\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"s-component-content\">\n<div class=\"s-video-content\">\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<div class=\"player\"><iframe class=\"embedly-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FZxP5hABRIZU%3Fwmode%3Dtransparent%26feature%3Doembed&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZxP5hABRIZU&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FZxP5hABRIZU%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=9cb34c0390b4469e854e4dba4580a892&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"button-mask\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>FYI. Skip sending the pin code to the deliveryman as much as possible. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-heading\">\n<p>3. No internet? No Problem<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>Your favourite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/singapore\/starhub-users-report-internet-service-disruption-apr-15-12643338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telco has gone down<\/a> during COVID-19. Bummer. While Home-Based Learnings and Zoom calls no longer work, the last you'd want is for your smart home to be disconnected. Smart Home hubs are best designed as local servers to reduce dependency on your internet speed and downtime. Consider the internet aspect when purchasing your smart home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/visit-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Let us know<\/a> if your home has any WiFi problem. Team Home-A-Genius are experts in setting up networking solutions to zhng your WiFi to the max.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-heading\">\n<p>4. Energy Monitoring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>While Singapore is prepping into her hotter summer time, the balance for energy consumption has to be monitored to reduce wastage. Air Quality can be monitored by air purifers and room temperatures can be controlled by temperature sensors. While home owners have to take note <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aircon-servicing.com.sg\/articles\/6-ways-to-extend-lifespan-of-your-aircon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not to overuse the air con throughout the day<\/a>, the smart home system can regulate duration the air con can be turned on\/off based on the day's usage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-heading\">\n<p>Smart home reduces anxiety<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"sixteen columns\">\n<div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\">\n<div class=\"s-component s-text\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\">\n<p>With the constant maintianence, monitoring and looking after your home, the added stress of COVID-19 will surely lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeagenius.sg\/blog\/why-smart-home-automation-in-singapore-makes-sense-in-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decision fatigue<\/a>. Inclusion of smart home reduces small actions like turning on the light or the consciousness to off devices off our minds so we can focus on work, COVID-19 santizations and our families better. While our time at home will eventually increase during the fight with COVID-19, smart home technology is here to assist any home owners in managing their homes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article id=\"post-8075\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-flat  col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 post-8075 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t<div class=\"article-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-870\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\" data-owl-carousel data-hide_pagination_control=\"yes\" data-desktop=\"1\" data-tablet=\"1\" 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columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Planning a smart home starts way back to pre-renovation stage. This is the golden stage any smart home consultants get most flexibility to achieve the optimal smart home solution for their clients. During this stage, 2 main agenda will be covered to ensure that the smart home works at its best - networking &amp; electrical wiring.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-heading\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Networking with minimal WiFi deadspot<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Networking Solutions<\/strong>: First, look at the location of your <strong>Distributor box (DB)<\/strong>. This is where most of your data points terminate. New BTO\/Condo units will have a network switch, the OpenNet port and the Internet Service Provider (ISP) modem located in the DB. In short, the DB is like the networking HQ of your home. This is also where most of your router will be placed.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>The issue lies here - the DB in most new BTO\/Condo units are located in an isolated area of the home. This means that most homes in Singapore will have WiFi deadspots if the networking solution is not planned carefully. In this case, no matter how many smart devices your home is equipped with, the lack of connectivity will dampen the performance of the smart home.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>How to solve this?<\/strong><\/p><p>Networking itself is a module in University and it is a subject students are afraid of. With the speed at how technology is evolving, networking cannot be mastered overnight. My advice, get an expert's opinion, it only makes your life (and your partner's) a lot easier with a stable WiFi within your new home.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>If you are really keen on D.I.Y, plan your networking solution such that the router is situated at the center of your home. Do note that all the other devices (connected via LAN) will have to be connected to the same router.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Next, do take note of the number of walls your router have to penetrate to reach the end of the home. Weaker routers may not be able to reach the far end of your home due interferences.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Lastly, plan your networking solution with Access Points (AP) i.e. connect your LAN cables directly. AP solutions are (for sure) more stable and reliable compared to wireless mesh solutions. Situtate the AP within your home that covers greatest traffic. This will ensure your WiFi connected devices to be within areas of WiFi network coverage.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-heading\"><p>Why the additional neutral wire?<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p><strong>Electrical wiring: <\/strong>Do I need a neutral wire for my switches? Our recommendation is always to go with a YES. Neutral wire not only stabilizes the circuit within the home, it also allows for a more efficient smart switch protcol within the home.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>BTO\/Condo will already have ready made switches. Note that these switches may not come with a neutral wire. You may speak to your electricians on how to pull the extra neutral wire to your switch. Alternatively, you may look into getting Non-Neutral wire switches.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-heading\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Post-Renovation: am I too late to implement my Smart Home?<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>It is never too late to start. Just that post-reno implementation of smart home will not garner as much flexibility as pre-reno. This means that implementing a smart home post-reno may cost you even more than planning your smart home pre-reno, due to many limitations:<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Networking Solution<\/strong>: You may be limited to mesh router options, where WiFi signal are interlinked wirelessly. Compared to the AP option, mesh routers are pricier and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabbloidx.co\/networks\/mesh-wifi-vs-wireless-router\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">may result loss of network speed down the node<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Lack of Neutral wire<\/strong>: this means that neutral wire smart switches may be out of reach. This leaves you to only Smart Lights, universal IR or RF blasters for ceiling fans. The option of Smart Lights are often costlier and less optimal than installing smart switches.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Let's take a look at these 2 scenarios.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Post-Reno<\/strong>: Philips HUE smart lights are $99\/downlight. Assuming you are looking to furnish your living room with 8 smart downlights. The item cost will be $792, not to forget the HUE bridge, which is $89 each, amounting the full sum to automate your living room lights to $881.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Pre-Reno<\/strong>: Electrical fees to pull the neutral wire (without hacking) range between $100 to $160. Let's take the fees to add the blue wire to be $120. The cost of a 2G touch panel smart switch is $99. The total amount to smarten your living room is only $220.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The smart home hub you are looking not only reduces its communication protocol to only 1x smart switch from the above 8x smart lights, optimizing your smart home system as much as possible.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Disclaimer: Of cause, HUE lights have their pros. If you are looking for lights that change colors and can dim\/brighten, HUE lights are our top light choice. Lights linked to switches can only on\/of or dim. Color changing is not possible with smart switches.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-heading\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Just gotten your keys? Plan your smart home now!<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Always budget for smart home during renovation. Prices of Smart home solutions can range drastically, depending on the features and lifestyle you are looking at. Always seek expert's advises as Smart Home Technology is constantly evolving and small, intricate details have to be considered when planning for a smart home.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Not sure where to start? 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src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1503217114888-7b44283b2652?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=85&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;cs=srgb&amp;h=9000&amp;w=1200&amp;fit=clip&amp;fm=jpg\" alt=\"broken image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-description=\"\" data-image-link=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1503217114888-7b44283b2652?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=85&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;cs=srgb&amp;h=9000&amp;w=1200&amp;fit=clip&amp;fm=jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-heading\"><p>Boom in Smart Devices<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>We are in the era of smart technology, IoT, smart curtains, smart lights, smart-whatever-you-call-it. With the current state of smart home, this technology is in a mess.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>In recent years, every supplier is looking to smarten their own devices. This has become a trend in every supplier. Daikin's <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F0pgFRBw3Jc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smart air con<\/a> is on its way. Philips, our favourite light supplier, has started the HUE series long time ago. Somfy, our most welcomed curtains &amp; blinds motor company, has also created a hub - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somfy.com.sg\/products\/controls-and-smart-home\/connexoon-window-rts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connexxon <\/a>that connects to the internet.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-image\"><div><div class=\"s-component-content\"><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"s-ratio-box\"><div class=\"s-ratio-fill\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"crop-default lazyloaded\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1560844055-d36b1bdcfec2?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=85&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;cs=srgb&amp;h=9000&amp;w=1200&amp;fit=clip&amp;fm=jpg\" alt=\"broken image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"806\" data-description=\"\" data-image-link=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1560844055-d36b1bdcfec2?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=85&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;cs=srgb&amp;h=9000&amp;w=1200&amp;fit=clip&amp;fm=jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-heading\"><p>Boom in Smart Home Ecosystems &amp; Smart Home Apps<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Each device has its own app (per say). Some suppliers even ventured out to white-label smart devices to tag on their \"brands\", hoping to encapsulate their clients into their own smart home ecosystem; and eventually dominating the smart home world like how Pinky and the Brain tried.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>This seemed like a peachy and logical solution for any established, well-reputable company. Simply invest in a range of factory-made devices, with the only agenda of mass producing smart home devices at low prices.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-heading\"><p>Why an open platform makes sense in 2020?<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p><b>Specialization<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-image\"><div><div class=\"s-component-content\"><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"s-ratio-box\"><div class=\"s-ratio-fill\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"crop-default lazyloaded\" title=\"Specialize in Smart Home\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1519658422992-0c8495f08389?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=85&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;cs=srgb&amp;h=9000&amp;w=1200&amp;fit=clip&amp;fm=jpg\" alt=\"Specialize in Smart Home\" width=\"1200\" height=\"814\" data-description=\"\" data-image-link=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1519658422992-0c8495f08389?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=85&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;cs=srgb&amp;h=9000&amp;w=1200&amp;fit=clip&amp;fm=jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>One thing for sure, <strong>manufacturers should focus on manufacturing devices\/systems they specialize in<\/strong>. This should make logical sense to anyone; you simply can't get someone trained in history to work on accounting. Either the historian takes a few years to fully understand the intricacy of accounting, or he simply falls into the pit hole of repeating the same mistakes over and over again.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>Investing in factory-made solutions is a quick way to solve the current \"goal\" (just like outsourcing). Outsourcing always lead to one problem: you tend to lose the company's identity &amp; focus. Fulfilling the \u201cgoal\u201d of achieving a smart home ecosystem is easy, but the <strong>goal of customer satisfaction may be compromised.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p><strong>Future-proofing<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-image\"><div><div class=\"s-component-content\"><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"s-ratio-box\"><div class=\"s-ratio-fill\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"crop-default lazyloaded\" title=\"Future Proofing your home\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1485827404703-89b55fcc595e?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=85&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;cs=srgb&amp;h=9000&amp;w=1200&amp;fit=clip&amp;fm=jpg\" alt=\"Future Proofing your home\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-description=\"\" data-image-link=\"javascript:void(0);\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1485827404703-89b55fcc595e?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;q=85&amp;fm=jpg&amp;crop=entropy&amp;cs=srgb&amp;h=9000&amp;w=1200&amp;fit=clip&amp;fm=jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>An open platform, <strong>vastly different from a closed ecosystem<\/strong>, allows users to pick and choose the best brands of their device. \u201cBest\u201d is often subjected by the user\u2019s needs and wants and choices often vary amongst clients. The closed ecosystem may provide an affordable and working smart home solution. Whilst, limiting the clients on other smart devices such as home theatre systems, sound systems, TV choices and even voice controllers.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>The ultimate objective of dominating market share will only come close if the solution is well embraced by many. This will require <strong>usability, robustness and stability of the system<\/strong>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p><strong>Accessibility<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-image\"><div><div class=\"s-component-content\"><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"s-ratio-box\"><div class=\"s-ratio-fill\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"s-img-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"crop-default lazyloaded\" title=\"Sonos with Alexa &amp; Google Home | Smart Sound System\" src=\"https:\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/714493_693456.png\" alt=\"Sonos with Alexa &amp; Google Home | Smart Sound System\" width=\"1200\" height=\"566\" data-description=\"\" data-image-link=\"https:\/\/www.sonos.com\/en\/alexa-on-sonos\" data-src=\"\/\/custom-images.strikinglycdn.com\/res\/hrscywv4p\/image\/upload\/c_limit,fl_lossy,h_9000,w_1200,f_auto,q_auto\/1371659\/714493_693456.png\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcacoustic.asia\/sg\/shop\/brands\/sonos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonos<\/a>, became all time popular after it's integration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonos.com\/en\/alexa-on-sonos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexa<\/a>\/google home was made possible. On its own, it may not be the best sound system available in the market (really all depends on needs of the clients). With high expectations of clients these days, being the best is no longer the unique selling point. <strong>Being able to access the device, either through an app, through voice control, or even through buttons, has become the new selling point of the system is.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>The most cost effective method is to use the device more often so as to maximize the use of its lifespan. If the device is built to be the best, but setting it up takes a while, users may use it for a short period of time and the frequency of use will eventually decline.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-heading\"><p>Is an open platform worth it?<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>For the flexibility, stability and usability, it is definitely worth it. For me to be able to reuse my current devices is a sure yes. An open platform will cost more than a closed ecosystem, due to its regular maintainence on making sure the codes are updated regularly, even when the device\u2019s codes are buggy\/unstable. We have experienced bad codes\/bugs from big companies and had to fix the bug on our end, just to ensure that our clients\u2019 smart home continue to work.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"s-block-item s-repeatable-item s-block-sortable-item s-blog-post-section blog-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"sixteen columns\"><div class=\"s-blog-section-inner\"><div class=\"s-component s-text\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"s-component-content s-font-body\"><p>On top of that, new devices are constantly being considered based on demands from clients. While a closed ecosystem fulfil the role of a smart home, it will not satisfy the needs of a user in the long run.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article><!-- #post -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t","status":"have-posts","nextPage":"https:\/\/homeagenius.sg\/category\/uncategorized\/page\/12\/?woo_ajax=1","currentPage":"https:\/\/homeagenius.sg\/category\/uncategorized\/page\/11"}