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Top 10 Commands to Use with Josh Voice Control

SEE ALSO: Josh.ai: the Smartest Voice Assistant for Control4 & Lutron Systems  10. "Okay Josh, Watch Netflix." Imagine the convenience of settling into your favorite armchair after a long day and simply saying, "Okay Josh, Watch Netflix." With this command, Josh.ai not only turns on your TV but also navigates to your preferred streaming s
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Josh.ai vs. Alexa: Which Home Voice Assistant Is Best?

SEE ALSO: Why Professional Voice Control Is the Best Choice for Your Home   Amazon Alexa  Strengths: Compatibility: Amazon Alexa is widely compatible with a vast ecosystem of devices, making it relatively easy to integrate Alexa into your existing smart home setup. Simplicity: Alexa is known for its user-friendly interface and ease
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How to Navigate & Reboot Your Control4 Halo Remote

SEE ALSO: 5 FAQs: Getting Started with Control4 Home Automation   How to Use the Halo Remote  Control4 offers two versions of its smart home remote: the Halo and Halo Touch. Both sync to your Control4 smart home ecosystem, just like the Control4 app, and feature a sleek aluminum body with a high-resolution screen and hard buttons.&n
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Why the Best Home Surveillance Cameras Use AI

SEE ALSO: The Essential Guide to Home Security Cameras for Builders  Intelligent Recognition  Luma’s home surveillance cameras use AI technology to recognize humans and vehicles, plus AI-filtered customizable events. AI helps reduce false notifications, making your home security system overall more effective. Here are two types of AI det
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Outdated LiteTouch System? Upgrade with a Lutron Installer

SEE ALSO: Experience Lighting Control at the Lutron Lighting Lofts  What Happened to LiteTouch? LiteTouch was founded in 1978 as a custom lighting control system for residential and commercial properties. LiteTouch was far ahead of its time with advanced lighting control features, but its systems required specific wiring, controllers, and pow
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FPA Joins Daisy, the National Smart Home Installation Company

We’re Still First Priority Audio—But Now Bigger & Better with Daisy  We’ve got big news: First Priority Audio has been officially acquired by Daisy, the national smart space installation and services company. But we’re not going anywhere; our executives Joel Hernandez and Stephanie Ruiz are still leading the team as general managers and re
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CEDIA Recap: New Surround Sound & Headphones from B&O

SEE ALSO: CEDIA Recap: All That’s Coming Soon from Josh.ai  Beolink Technology: Surround Sound Meets ‘Flexible Living’ As announced at CEDIA, Bang & Olufsen’s new Beolink technology is now elevating the capabilities of their 'Flexible Living' portfolio. Previously, these products were geared toward streaming music in different rooms, but
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Project Spotlight: Lighting Control at a Bahamas Private Club

SEE ALSO: Digital Lighting vs. Centralized Lighting Control  The Technology: Control4 Lighting System The backbone of the installation was the Control4 lighting system. This advanced system allows centralized management of every light in the house, accessible via touchscreens, smartphones, and custom-engraved wall keypads.  The Control4
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Your Guide to Outdoor TV Lifts

SEE ALSO: Why Can’t I Use A Regular TV Outside?  Outdoor TV Lifts: A Hidden Beauty  At First Priority Audio, we partner with Future Automation for the best in outdoor TV lift technology. Their handcrafted lifts are designed to integrate seamlessly with leading home automation systems like Control4 and Lutron. Whether your goal is to keep
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Make Home Your Very Own Wellness Retreat

SEE ALSO: Promote Wellness at Home with Audio & Lighting  1. Embrace Human-Centric Lighting Lighting plays a critical role in how we feel throughout the day. Traditional lighting is static, but human-centric lighting systems mimic the natural shifts of daylight, helping to regulate your circadian rhythm. By integrating tunable LED lightin
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Finally, Tape Lights Get the Smart Lighting Treatment

SEE ALSO: Upgrading an Older Lutron System to QSX & Palladiom Keypads  What Is Lumaris? Lumaris is Lutron’s newest smart lighting innovation—a tunable white and RGB LED tape light designed to provide both functional and decorative lighting. Unlike traditional tape lights that require manual control or basic on/off switches, Lumaris connec
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Reinvigorate Your Outdoor Space with Smart Lighting

SEE ALSO: Mastering Outdoor TV Installations: A Guide for Tech-Savvy Homeowners Enhancing the Outdoor Living Experience With South Florida's exceptional climate, outdoor spaces deserve the same attention to lighting design as interior spaces. Smart outdoor lighting elevates your property in three key ways: enhancing functionality, creating ambianc
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Why Invest in Landscape Lighting?

Have you ever been out for a drive or an evening walk and noticed a beautiful home that you can’t help but admire? The one thing they most certainly have in common is a properly designed and installed landscape lighting system. Many homeowners have spent enough hours and money on their landscaping that they could have taken a nice vacation with the
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Music changes your home. I can prove it!

I did not grow up with music playing in my home every day... maybe the occasional Saturday or Sunday as we cleaned the house.  If there was music playing, it was in my room as I played video games as a kid.  My wife, on the other hand, had music playing in her childhood home much more than I did.  I'm assuming that's part of the reason she can reci
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Up the Fun Factor in Your Backyard with Outdoor Audio

SEE ALSO: Why Invest in Landscape Lighting? EPISODE Our first outdoor speaker brand is Episode. Their satellite speakers can withstand temperatures from -20 to 185° F, so hey can stay outdoors no matter what time of year. Their small size and sharp design help make it easy to blend the speakers in with your existing outdoor decor. For a more natur
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Prepare for a New School Year with a Home Network Upgrade

SEE ALSO: I’m smart… I’ll make my home smart too MORE INTERNET-ENABLED DEVICES The sheer number of internet-enabled devices that have hit the market in recent years can put a strain on your network. Desktop and laptop computers, phones, gaming consoles, speakers and TVs, thermostats, security devices, light fixtures and even some appliances can no
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Essential Guide to Home Security Cameras for Builders

SEE ALSO: Check out our photo gallery to see a sample of our past projects! BULLET CAMERAS Bullet cameras, commonly known as “lipstick cameras,” get their name from their skinny, cylindrical design. The electronics and camera components are all contained within the camera’s body, and many of them are only a few inches long. This small size makes b
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3 Powerful Benefits of Smart Home Lighting Control

SEE ALSO: Why Invest in Landscape Lighting? A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE It may be hard to believe, but lighting control can make a sizeable impact on your health. Don’t believe us? A lighting control system offers much more fine control over the brightness and color of your fixtures. With the right programming, your fixtures can mimic the way sunlight c
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How To Select the Right Smart Home Lighting Control System

SEE ALSO: 3 Powerful Benefits of Smart Home Lighting Control WIRED: PROS AND CONS The primary reasons to go with a wired system are reliability and centralized control. In these systems, every fixture is directly linked to a central lighting switch, which is usually housed in an out-of-the-way spot like a utility closet. A direct, hardwired connec
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A Simple Guide to Improving Your Home Network Performance

SEE ALSO: Prepare for a New School Year with a Home Network Upgrade HOME WIRELESS BASICS Three components form the backbone of your home wireless network. These are your modem, your router and the cabling that links everything. Your modem is what use you use to connect your home to the Internet via your Internet service provider (ISP). If you reme
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