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SEE ALSO: How You Can Benefit from Control4 Smart Home Automation CONTROL4 PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS Whole-home automation entails installing up to hundreds of different devices made from various manufacturers. Once all those devices are in place, they need to talk to each other. It’s vital that your home control system can mesh with all your devices

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SEE ALSO: How You Can Benefit From Control4 Smart Home Automation The Bedroom: Your Haven of Rest and Retreat One of the most impressive features of a smart home is the seamless control you have over your technologies: the lights, shades, music, and TV. Just think about it. How many times have you settled into bed when you realize you forgot to tu

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SEE ALSO: Traveling? Control4 Automation Lets You Keep an Eye on Home  1. Upgrade to Control4’s OS 3.3.0  If you’re still running your Control4 smart home on the old OS 2 or the original OS 3 system, you’re missing out. Control4’s OS 3.3.0 offers exciting new features, like the native color selector wheel that allows you to slide and sel

SEE ALSO: Josh.ai vs. Alexa: Which Home Voice Assistant Is Best?  What Does Josh One Offer?  Here’s what you can expect from Josh One home automation.  Simpler Smart Home Setup  Traditionally, more sophisticated smart systems are programmed by importing configuration files and loading software updates on-site. Josh One is turni

  SEE ALSO: Traveling? Control4 Automation Lets You Keep an Eye on Home  Does My Whole Smart Home Need to Be Control4?  When people ask us this, they’re often concerned that they’ll need to buy everything—lights, motorized shades, thermostats—from the Control4 brand in order to work. But Control4 isn’t a brand-exclusive system. The

SEE ALSO: Josh.ai vs. Alexa: Which Home Voice Assistant Is Best?  Josh Edge: An All-New Remote  While Josh.ai started as a hands-free voice control solution, its creators understand that sometimes, it’s more convenient to grab a remote and press a button. After all, maybe your spouse is sleeping, and you don’t want to wake them using a v

SEE ALSO: Why Professional Voice Control Is The Best Choice For Your Home  About Basalte  Basalte was founded in 2008 in Belgium with a mission to merge high-quality design with home automation. Basalte has won over fifty renowned design awards, including the iF Design Award, GOOD Design Award, German Design Award, and more.  Custom

SEE ALSO: Why Camera Quality Matters for Home Surveillance  Smart Door Locks and Surveillance Imagine receiving a notification every time the front door is unlocked, complete with a snapshot from your video doorbell. With smart locks and surveillance cameras integrated into a Control4 system, you can monitor who comes and goes. Whether it's y

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 o

SEE ALSO: Promote Wellness at Home with Audio & Lighting What Does Josh.ai Do? If you’re unfamiliar with Josh.ai, you may be wondering why someone would choose it over other popular voice assistants, like Amazon’s Alexa or Google Assistant. But Josh.ai was built and manufactured exclusively for smart home use. It can do much more than tell you

SEE ALSO: What is Home Automation? YOU’LL SAVE MONEY Everyone knows the saying “time is money.” When it comes to building or remodeling a home, retrofits or last-minute changes also cost money. Ripping out drywall in a home that’s nearly complete to add new wiring or devices is something you want to avoid. The best, simplest method to avoid issues

SEE ALSO: How You Can Benefit from Control4 Smart Home Automation THE KITCHEN There are a couple of gimmes for any kitchen when it comes to automation, and chances are you may have installed these systems in the home already: lighting control, whole-home audio, etc. These systems serve the same purpose everywhere in a home. One way to make them wo

SEE ALSO: What Is Home Automation? Let There Be Light – Automatically! Personalize your lights – how bright they are; when they turn off; how they interface with you. When you install a robust, smart light control system in your home, you’ll give your rooms and outside spaces a lighting makeover. Whether you want something as practical as programm

SEE ALSO: Stuck at Home? Bring Entertainment into the Backyard #C4Yourself Facebook Live Events Throughout May, we’ll be hosting Facebook Live events to demonstrate the latest in Control4 automation right from our Pompano Beach location. Like and follow us on Facebook for more information on event times and details.    May 14th Event:  Security an

SEE ALSO: From Morning ‘Til Night, Set The Perfect Mood With Smart Lighting Amazon Alexa Pros: Amazon’s Alexa is compatible with thousands of smart devices, including a Control4 smart system. Alexa is relatively simple to integrate with Control4. The 4Sight subscription enables Alexa voice support and will let you personalize commands and scenes.

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SEE ALSO: Behind the Scenes: How We Install Control4 Smart Systems Free Giveaways for #C4Yourself Month The Offer & How to Enter Control4 dealers nationwide are offering one free smart home kit to anyone who participates in #C4Yourself. All you need to do is RSVP here with First Priority Audio and attend one of our info sessions, and you could