Create Your Smart Home to Stay Safe and Save Money - 100 Top Tips

Nick Vandome

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Publisher's Synopsis

Homes that contain devices that can be controlled by smart speakers, voice commands and apps are becoming a reality for an increasing number of people. What was once the stuff of science fiction is now firmly established as part of the real world and is easily accessible for anyone who wants to add an exciting new dimension to their home.

100 Top Tips - Create Your Smart Home to Stay Safe and Save Money contains tips covering all aspects of setting up and using smart home devices securely. These include:

Setting up your home so that it is ready to be transformed into a smart home

Ensuring that your home is flexible enough so that you have alternatives if smart devices do not work properly

Using smart speakers (digital voice assistants) to create a digital companion in your home

Linking smart speakers to your smart home devices so that they can communicate with each other

Deploying smart lighting to take the ultimate control over the lighting systems in your home

Installing smart heating to control your central heating and save money

Making your home more secure with a range of smart security devices

Cutting down the time spent on domestic chores by using devices such as robotic lawnmowers and robotic vacuum cleaners

Enhancing entertainment options with robots and artificial intelligence (AI) devices

Addressing security issues with smart home devices, to prevent other people gaining access to your smart home

About the Publisher

In Easy Steps

These easy to follow, jargon-free guides are the perfect companion for fast and productive learning. This successful series, covering business and professional skills and all key areas of computing, internet and digital lifestyle, offers unbeatable value. Each chapter takes you step-by-step through the key aspects of the topic covered. Every page is packed with visual guides - you simply can't go wrong!

Book information

ISBN:	9781840788693
Publisher:	In Easy Steps Limited
Imprint:	In Easy Steps
Pub date:	30 Aug 2019
DEWEY:	643.6
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	108
Weight:	110g
Height:	101mm
Width:	181mm
Spine width:	4mm