What is Voice Activated Smart Lighting and What Are the Benefits? |
Posted: April 1, 2022 |
Let’s face it - switching the lights on and off at home is not the biggest upheaval on Earth. It’s a mild inconvenience at best, but what if you could get more out of your home lighting system? This is where the latest voice activated light switches can make all the difference. Increasingly, market-leading manufacturers are developing advanced smart light switches that are not reliant on a neutral wire. Smart switches like Evvr’s advanced In-Wall Relay Switch can be installed in almost any home in a matter of minutes, including properties that were built before 1985. But what exactly is a voice activated light switch, and what’s the big deal in general? Is it worth upgrading to voice activated lighting, simply to save yourself the time and trouble of flipping switches the old-fashioned way? What is a Voice Activated Light Switch? As the name suggests, a voice activated light switch is a wireless controller that enables you to interact with your lights by way of voice commands. Voice activated light switches differ from smart bulbs, in that they are compatible with most conventional bulbs and fixtures. You simply install the smart switch in place of any existing light switch, and you’re ready to go. Contrary to popular belief, a high-quality smart light switch can be picked up for little more than a conventional light switch of comparable quality. But after making the switch to smart lighting, you quickly wonder how you ever got by without it. How Does Smart Lighting Work? Again, installing a light switch like Evvr’s In-Wall Relay Switch (which doesn’t require a neutral wire) is just as easy as swapping out a conventional light switch. You shut off the power, you remove the existing switch, and you replace it with your new smart switch - a job that takes no more than a few minutes. With the new smart switch up and running, it’s then a case of doing the following to get your new system operational:
Smart light switches can be activated by voice control using a variety of different devices. You can use the smartphone in your pocket, you can hook it up to Amazon’s Alexa or you can use Google Home. By altering the settings in the accompanying app, you will be able to specify your own preferred voice commands to activate and deactivate various features. For example, you could say “Alexa, turn on the lights” to do just that, or perhaps “Alexa, activate romantic mood lighting” to activate the corresponding pre-set theme. Just as long as you are within earshot of your preferred controller, you can tell your lights what to do at any time, and they will do just that. Why Should I Upgrade to a Voice Activated Light Switch? You could argue that much of the appeal of voice activated light switches lies in the world’s love for gadgets and gimmickry. Which is technically true, but the convenience and flexibility of feature-packed smart lighting really is something else. Being able to turn your lights on and off by way of voice command is both convenient and a novelty that never wears out. Other than this, smart lighting enables you to control the intensity, hue and even the colour of the light your bulbs put out. You can also program your own themes into the system, customise time schedules and so much more. It’s essentially an easy and affordable way to gain so much more from the lights you already have installed around your home. All from a straightforward DIY project completed in minutes, with no technical knowledge or expertise necessary.
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