Smart devices help make your home safer, more comfortable and with increased efficiency. They allow you to take full control of your home through the likes of smart heating controls, security cameras and internet enabled plug sockets.

You can access your Smart Home from wherever you are, allowing you to turn off the heating if you’re on holiday, or turn on the coffee machine before you’ve gotten out of bed.

Smart devices can help reduce heating and electric bills. The likes of Hive and Nest can help set up profiles to improve the efficiency of your central heating system. Smart plugs from the likes of Drayton and Hive allows you to turn off electronics when not in use.

The use of smart doorbells and cameras help improve the security of your home. Don’t miss a visitor or delivery through the use of the likes of Ring. You can also connect to your security camera from wherever you are to keep an eye on your home.

There is a large range of smart tools at your disposal, so you can choose the ones that suit you & your lifestyle. Some smart controls may need to be connected to a hub, this may be their own branded hub, or you may be able to use the likes of Google’s Home.

Once you’ve worked out what types of controls you want, you then need to work out whether or not they can interact with each other. Interaction between devices provides better overall control, but it isn’t overly necessary. You can set them all up individually if you wish, but this will create a larger number of applications on your phone or computer to manage.

Check out the table below to see what each manufacturer creates.

Once you have made your decision, installation is simple and all you need to do is follow the set-up steps provided to you. Once installed you can then start setting up your personal profiles. Profiles are created through the apps, you can then control the device itself through the same app.