News
Case Study: R.I.S.E. Program Presents Veteran with New Smart Home
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Chad Watson’s new smart home features 2GIG security connected to ELAN control, with SpeakerCraft audio, Panamax power protection, and more.
Smart Home
Automation
SnapAV Introduces Neeo Remote for Control4
Offers Neeo’s Swiss design with the power of Control4 Smart Home OS 3 for a touchscreen remote control experience.
Blogs
How To Overcome Consumer Smart Home Compatibility/Security Concerns
ABI Research: Smart home market projected to double to $24.8 billion by 2024
Security
BOSMA Seeks Funding for Sentry Smart Video Doorbell
Modular video doorbell includes add-on modules such as floodlight, fingerprint, gateway, and weather sensor.
News
Case Study: PGA Pro Golfer Austin Cook Controls His Home from the Course with ELAN
ELAN mobile app lets Cook view cameras, unlock doors, manage irrigation, video chat with his family, and maintain security no matter where his career...
News
Case Study: Gramophone Invents a Solution and Changes a Life
Disabled client desperately needed a new kind of control solution that didn’t exist.
Lighting & Shades
URC Announces Integration of QMotion QAdvanced Shading Systems
Raise, lower, and set to level of individual or groups of QMotion Motorized Shades from any URC Total Control User Interface,
Product Reviews
Review: MantelMount MM860 Pro Series Motorized TV Mount
An automated and motorized mount that takes everything that made earlier MantelMount offerings great and improves them in every way.
Blogs
Eight Reasons Why Parents Make the Best Smart Lock Customers
Why parents need to be made aware of smart lock benefits.
Blogs
Profiting From The Backlash
Turning bad technology experiences into positive customer engagements.
Internet of Things
LeakSmart Launches Water Flow Analytics and Leak Detection Kit
Protect by LeakSmart with Flow provides advanced water flow analytics and monitors and controls the home’s water activity.
Lighting & Shades
Nice Group Introduces Interface for Control4
Module interfaces with Nice interior shade motors via Control4 systems.
Automation
Savant Introduces Home App for Apple TV
Clients can intuitively access key home control features through the television.
Audio
Dynaudio Unveils New In-Surface Subwoofer
Also announces integration software for home control systems.
Internet of Things
LeakSmart Advances Integrations with Control4
LeakSmart integrates with Control4 Systems to protect homes from leaks, floods, and burst pipes.
Automation
Control4 Introduces OS 3 Enhancements at CEDIA
Control4 Smart Home OS 3 adds Google Assistant Voice Control, opens Intercom Anywhere to third parties, and introduces the CA-10 automation controller.
Security
Brilliant and Schlage Announce Integration for Seamless Smart Home Control
Brilliant and Schlage collaboration allows smart home integrators, builders, and end-users more control with smart home offerings.
Automation
RoomMe Personal Location Sensor is Now Shipping
Sensors identify each person in a household by their smartphone, and adjust the room settings accordingly.
News
Z-Wave Alliance Adds Ring to its Board of Directors
Ring joins Alliance leadership as a Principal Member.
Blogs
The Emergence of Smart Home Device Support
Although consumers have many service options to choose from, there is a space for robust technical support from custom installers.
Going Forward
Expansion Strategies for Smart Home
Do smart vents, smart beds, and smart major appliances belong in your business?
Home Theater
Installing Solar Theaters
Controlling the power that feeds your systems may be a lucrative move for your business.
News
Research Show Vast Majority of Consumers Concerned about Cybersecurity
According to a Parks Associates report, 79 percent of consumers are concerned about data security or privacy issues.
Security
abode Systems Keypad Gets a Redesign
Smart home security company also announces its professional monitoring expands to Canada.
News
Smart Home Adjacencies: Building the Ecosystem
New report from Parks Associates gives insight into expanding your business into other areas within the smart home.
Lighting & Shades
Legrand Unveils Home Smart Lighting for Apple HomeKit
Works with Apple HomeKit and supports voice control with Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant.
News
Nortek Security & Control Partners with HomeSphere
The collaboration expands the reach of Nortek’s New Home Program.
Behind the Business
Here Come The Smart Appliances
They will soon be arriving to a home network near you — and here’s why you should care.
Audio
Savant Announces Smart Audio Amplifier
Savant’s amp is Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit-compatible; whole-house audio experience now available as a standalone app.
Internet of Things
Tuya and Microsoft Collaborate to Power Smart Home Products on the Microsoft Azure Cloud
Tuya-powered smart home and office products will be available on Microsoft's Azure Cloud in Q3 of this year.
Automation
Hubitat Unveils Home Automation Mobile App
New mobile app features remote dashboard, push notifications, and presence detection.
Product Reviews
Review: Control4 Smart Home OS 3
A walk through the Control4’s most significant improvement to the system to date.
Automation
Control4 Unveils Smart Home OS 3
Includes more than a thousand new capabilities across lighting, whole-home music and video, security, comfort, and more.
Blogs
Simple, Smart Solutions
A downtown NYC apartment hosts a collection of DIY smart home devices that may make integrators’ lives easier, too.
News
Research: 60% of Smart Home Buyers Want a Device That Works with the Products They Already Own
CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference addresses strategies of smart home players.
News
First Loxone-certified Partner Showroom in the U.S.
Loxone partner Kostantinos Dimatis from InHomeSmart opens his showroom to expand business.
News
Consumers Own More Than 10 Connected Devices
New industry report from Parks Associates addresses convergence of technology and the smart home.
News
DISH Enhances Custom Integration Program
Unveils new revenue sharing incentive with integrators now eligible to earn recurring monthly revenue for every qualifying purchased DISH account.
Home Theater
Rayva in Reality
Elevated Integration installs a Rayva home theater and gains a valuable new client.
Security
SnapAV Enters a Strategic Alliance with Clare; Relaunch Rewards Program
SnapAV is now the exclusive source for Clare product; relaunch Hoy Snap Partner Rewards program.
News
Control4 Hosts Let’s Talk Tech: The Future of Smart Homes & IoT Event
Charlie Kindel to keynote the event on February 27 in Sandy, UT.
News
Z-Wave Alliance Releases Ecosystem Report
Also hosts interactive smart home pavilion at CES 2019
Going Forward
The Future is Interactive
How Josh.ai plans on changing the way consumers interact with their smart homes.
Going Forward
Key Trends in the Smart Home
Parks Associates offers research into where the connected home will be heading in 2019.
News
Holidays with Capitol
Capitol’s December 2018 Holiday Flyer features the Best in smart home controls and commercial AV equipment.
Technology
Aluratek eco4life Provides Affordable Entry into Smart Home
Designed to encourage consumers to make the step into smart home convenience.
Technology
SnapAV Partners with Nest Labs
SnapAV now supports Nest Pro, which offers dealer-exclusive perks in addition to the Nest product line.