re: "Smart Home" advice: moving to a new house

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voice control >>>>> phone app

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Well that's your opinion. Plenty of people aren't fans of voice control. I'm one of those people. I want keypads,wall controllers, and remotes. But if voice control is your thing Savant does that too.


Sorry you don't understand the difference between having a bunch of smart doodads and a fully integrated control system.

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that's pretty cool' and then the tablet is put down and isn't picked up again for 6 months. 

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Not necessarily. I see automation system installed on a regular basis that use a dedicated iPad as a controller. Either table top, surface mount, or flush mount sometimes multiple iPads on one job. Sometimes an iPad is cheaper and is already familiar with the end user. Believe it or not there are entire companies that make mounts just for iPads in home automation applications.

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pretty sure i haven't opened the hue app to manually turn on/off a bulb in over a year. the only time i use the app is to add/edit/delete devices.

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If that one app controlled everything in your house you would use it everyday.



There is a big world outside that bubble you live in.