Before Smart Home

Learn before you build and stay on top of the latest trends in the smart home ecosystem.

Interview: How does voice control help individuals with limited mobility?

#Before Smart Home #After Smart Home

How does 1Home-enabled smart home voice control improve the lives of individuals with limited mobility? Read the interview.…

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1Home Highlights from Light+Building 2022

#For Partners #After Smart Home #Before Smart Home

After 4 long years, the Light+Building fair returned. Of course, the 1Home team was there, ready to tour the show and scan the booths for all the novelties!…

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How to handle security & safety in a modern smart home? (Survey results)

#After Smart Home #Before Smart Home #For Partners

Our fourth survey was aimed at security & safety - it’s one of the most known functionality clusters since many customers decide on purchasing a smart home system with better security in their minds.…

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The importance of pushbuttons in KNX. "Talking Smart Homes with: Daniel Leitzbach"

#After Smart Home #For Partners #Before Smart Home

In our third episode of Talking Smart Homes, we are discussing the importance of pushbuttons in KNX smart homes with Daniel Leitzbach of Cojacon.…

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What push buttons are right for your new smart home? (Survey results)

#Before Smart Home

Our third survey is aimed at manual controls which is - despite the availability of remote control (via apps) & voice control - still the most common way to control a smart home. Here are the results!…

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All About KNX Weather Stations - Talking Smart Homes with: Bastian Elsner

#Before Smart Home

In our second episode of Talking Smart Homes, we are discussing the importance of weather stations in smart home automations with Bastian Elsner of Elsner Elektronik.…

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Talking Smart Homes with: Jorge De Oliveira

#Before Smart Home

This the first episode of our new series "Talking Smart Homes", where we discuss the Smart Home technology of today, and more importantly, the future. Our guest for this episode is a serial entrepreneur Jorge de Oliveira.…

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Should you install a weather station or not? (Survey results)

#Before Smart Home

Check out this research on wired smart homes (KNX, Loxone, ...) and what the ideal weather station setup is, based on a user survey.…

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What's the optimal audio setup for a smart home? (Survey results)

#Before Smart Home

Check out this research on wired smart homes (KNX, Loxone, ...) and what the ideal audio setup is, based on a user survey.…

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How to make old cassette tapes play Spotify on Google Home speaker

#After Smart Home #Before Smart Home

I got a Conic cassette player from the 80s that was still in decent shape and working fine. Do you want to know how I made an old cassette player smarter?…

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