While there are many options for smart home lighting, I still think Lutron Caseta provides the best solution.
One of my first smart home purchases was a LIFX WiFi bulb. When I was able to turn a floor lamp on and off using either my Logitech Harmony remote or my voice through Google Home, this really opened my eyes to the endless possibilities of DIY home automation.
In addition to controlling all of your interior and exterior lights, you can also control fans or pretty much everything that’s wired to a wall switch.
Leaving all things “smart” out of this system, just the looks of these switches and wall plates, as well as the graceful dimming they perform, make it worth a look.
Caseta requires its own hub, which uses proprietary wireless technology to communicate with the switches. The hub not only allows you to control your switches through its impressive app, but it also enables you to integrate your devices and scenes with any smart home system you may have, as well as voice assistants and more.
In my setup, I’ve integrated Caseta with my SmartThings system, Logitech Harmony, and Google Assistant. The most common way we control the lights and fans in my home is either through Harmony remotes or by using our voices with Google Home devices. You can also use the actual switches themselves.
All in all, I currently have over 20 switches controlling all of my lights and ceiling fans. This gives me the ability to create scenes – one of my favorite things about smart lighting. For example, you can launch the “evening” scene by using your voice, phone, tablet, or remote, which will turn on, off, and set specific dimming levels for every light around the house.
Another cool feature is what you can do with your smart home hub. One example is during the middle of the night, I have a setting where the lights in the nursery turn on when one of the security system motion sensors is triggered. Doing so creates a path of light to prevent me from tripping on anything while carrying the baby to change her diaper. All of this without having to flip a single switch.
The possibilities really are endless as to what you can do with Lutron Caseta in your smart home.
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