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How Integrators Help Builders Create Better Smart Homes

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Work with an experienced smart home team for a faster, cheaper, better-looking result

If you’re a home builder, interior designer or other professional in a related industry, you’ve undoubtedly seen the rise in popularity of home automation systems. Demand for these devices is climbing rapidly; if you aren’t putting smart systems in your homes, whether it’s new construction or a remodel, you’re missing out on a significant revenue source.

But designing and building a smart home requires time, money and expertise you may not have. There are also dozens of other challenges you face on any major construction or renovation project. The best way to create a smart home with minimal headaches is to bring in an integrator as a partner. Today’s blog will lay out all the advantages builders, designers and others can gain by working with an integrator on smart home automation projects in the Fort Lauderdale, FL, region. 

Prepare for a New School Year with a Home Network Upgrade

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Surf the web faster and more securely with a home network installation

While in years past families may have fought over the remote control, these days it’s much more likely for an argument to break out over your Wi-Fi network. A poorly optimized network can leave coverage gaps around your home or limit your network speeds. And when you’ve got multiple children trying to browse the Internet for research while you’re trying to watch a movie and your spouse is listening to streaming music, a subpar network is a recipe for disaster.

This doesn’t have to be the case, however. You can get your home ready for school, football, outdoor entertaining and more with a professional home network installation from First Priority Audio. Here are three ways a network can benefit everyone in your Hypoluxo, FL, home.

Up the Fun Factor in Your Backyard with Outdoor Audio

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Check out these three speaker brands to make your Davie, FL, outdoor spaces more musical

With the worst of the summer sun behind us, it’s time to enjoy your home’s outdoor spaces again. And what better way to relax after a long day or add some energy to your next backyard barbecue than with an outdoor audio system? Outdoor speakers make an excellent addition to your Davie, FL, home, and today we’ll share three of our favorite outdoor speaker brands.

How You Can Benefit from Control4 Smart Home Automation

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Simplify the technology in your home while relaxing in total comfort

Home automation is a trendy topic these days, but how much do you really know about what a smart home can do? Are you familiar with how the systems work and what they have to offer?

Don’t panic if your answer to any of these questions is “no.” That’s what we’re here for. A Control4 home control system takes the hassle out of home automation by combining everything under one umbrella with easy but powerful controls. Today’s blog will show how a Control4 dealer can help Pompano Beach residents enjoy a more relaxed and comfortable lifestyle.

What is Home Automation?

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Home automation is quickly becoming a buzz word in marketing for technology products.  Everything from thermostats, to lights, to alarm systems, and even appliances are now being controlled via our smartphones or our computers.  You’ve probably even seen major alarm and cable service providers pushing home automation systems lately.  Can you turn on a light in your home while you’re at the office? Sure.  How about setting your alarm from the airport when you realize you left the house in a rush and never turned it on?  Of course.  But a properly designed system can do so much more…

So what is home automation?  It is the integration of all the systems in your home into one smart design that works for you instead of giving you more things to do or worry about.  Instead of being able to turn your lights on and off while you’re away from home, how about a lighting system that knows when you are home, because it can communicate with your alarm system and knows when it is armed in away mode for instance.  A smart home would also know what time of day it is and even be able to measure how much natural light is in a room, allowing it to dim and adjust lighting in a room based on all these factors without you having to touch a single button or open an app.  You may have seen some smart locks being sold in stores.  Can you imagine your home knowing who has arrived, and based on the time of day you’ve arrived, setting the lighting mood you prefer, turning your audio system or TV on to your favorite station and arming your alarm in the “stay” mode for you automatically?  This is true home automation.  You may be conjuring up images of the Jetsons and Rosie, their robot maid, cleaning up and cooking for the family, and thinking this is just a cartoon.  Technology has finally caught up to our imagination and allowed some of these things to become reality… Although we’re still waiting for our flying cars.

With so many systems already installed and operating within our homes such as, lighting, HVAC, Audio, Video, Security, etc… doesn’t it make sense to get the most out of what you already have in your home.  We actually want the left hand to know what the right hand is doing in this case.  We can leverage so much information from one system in your home to make other systems feel like they know exactly what you want them to do without you having to tell them.  With so much technology at our disposal, it shouldn’t feel like we have more things to do or check up on, but that’s exactly what it seems to be doing.  A well planned home automation system can make your life easier and less clumsy to get the most out of the investments you’ve already made to your home.  Call First Priority Audio today to let us get the most out of technology for you and your family.

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