Went smart when I redid my home office/bedroom and it’s glorious now. I can say “goodnight” and everything goes off including lights and tv, plus anything left on from the day such as my monitor. Ideal when you’re knackered and can’t be bothered getting up to turn stuff off, or can’t find the remote.
If I step out of bed in the middle of the night the motion sensor turns a low level red light on (as it’s best for not waking you up too much and straining your eyes). When I wake up an orangey white low level light turns on and when I say “work” all my office stuff turns on with suitable lighting that adjusts to the lux level in the room based on light through the window (sometimes have curtains semi closed to avoid glare).
Also have various lighting set ups for movies, watching stuff in bed, sports etc. plus a dehumidifier that turns on when humidity goes above a certain threshold as was getting some mould around the window.
It’s flipping great.
Usin Siri with Apple TV as the hub, as well as a Hue Bridge, then Eve/Hue for everything so far. It’s worth not skimping on this stuff imo as it only invites issues which quickly negate the handiness of it all.
If I step out of bed in the middle of the night the motion sensor turns a low level red light on (as it’s best for not waking you up too much and straining your eyes). When I wake up an orangey white low level light turns on and when I say “work” all my office stuff turns on with suitable lighting that adjusts to the lux level in the room based on light through the window (sometimes have curtains semi closed to avoid glare).
Also have various lighting set ups for movies, watching stuff in bed, sports etc. plus a dehumidifier that turns on when humidity goes above a certain threshold as was getting some mould around the window.
It’s flipping great.
Usin Siri with Apple TV as the hub, as well as a Hue Bridge, then Eve/Hue for everything so far. It’s worth not skimping on this stuff imo as it only invites issues which quickly negate the handiness of it all.
