Digitized House | Guide to the Connected Home
  • 17 February 2019
  • Last Update Feb 15, 2019 9:52 am
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Dual-Purpose Home Office: 5 Smart Design Ideas

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Connected Home

5 Smart Door Locks to Buy in 2019

Schlage Connect Smart Deadbolt. Image: Schlage.
Connected Home

4 Smart Smoke Detectors to Buy in 2019 for a Safe Home

Image: Nest Labs.
Connected Home

An ASSA ABLOY Smart Door Lock for Every Door, Everywhere

ASSA ABLOY ENTR smart lock and app. Image: Digitized House Media.
Connected Home

Preventing Environmental Hazards with Connected Home Tech

Smart home tech, such as the Nest Protect Smoke + CO Alarm shown here, can enable real-time detection and alerts for smoke and carbon monoxide events in the home. Image: Nest.
Design

Dual-Purpose Home Office: 5 Smart Design Ideas

Image: Oli Dale on Unsplash.
Schlage Connect Smart Deadbolt. Image: Schlage.

5 Smart Door Locks to Buy in 2019

Image: Nest Labs.

4 Smart Smoke Detectors to Buy in 2019 for a Safe Home

ASSA ABLOY ENTR smart lock and app. Image: Digitized House Media.

An ASSA ABLOY Smart Door Lock for Every Door, Everywhere

Smart home tech, such as the Nest Protect Smoke + CO Alarm shown here, can enable real-time detection and alerts for smoke and carbon monoxide events in the home. Image: Nest.

Preventing Environmental Hazards with Connected Home Tech

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Schlage Connect Smart Deadbolt. Image: Schlage.

5 Smart Door Locks to Buy in 2019

Smart locks prevent you from fumbling with physical keys and can also allow you to grant temporary access to someone such as a house sitter or delivery person. But, the

Image: Nest Labs.

4 Smart Smoke Detectors to Buy in 2019 for a Safe Home

Whether you already use smart devices in your home or not, a smart smoke detector is one of the best purchases to make. According to the National Fire Protection Agency,

ASSA ABLOY ENTR smart lock and app. Image: Digitized House Media.
  • Feb 09, 2019

An ASSA ABLOY Smart Door Lock for Every Door, Everywhere

Nevo Butler. Image: Universal Electronics.
  • Jan 25, 2019

Nevo Butler Brings Smart Home Hub with Integral Voice Assistant

Image: Evelyn Paris on Unsplash.
  • Jan 17, 2019

Do Smart Home Features Make It Easier to Sell Your House?

Bali AutoView Shades. Image: Digitized House Media.
  • Jan 14, 2019

Why You Should Use Smart Technology to Control Your Blinds

Image: Digitized House Media.
  • Dec 10, 2018

Building a Smart Home to Stand the Passage of Time: Part 2

Apple iPhone XR with padlock. Image: Digitized House Media.
  • Nov 28, 2018

Tips for Managing Security Settings on Apple iOS 12

Image: Diette Henderson on Unsplash.
  • Nov 25, 2018

Cyber Week Deals on Our Favorite Smart Home Gadgets

Smart cameras inside your home can alert you when your child arrives or leaves. Image: Xfinity Home.
  • Nov 10, 2018

6 Ways to Keep Tabs on Your Family Using Smart Home Technology

Voice control for smart homes is one of many trends articulated in this new infographic. Image: Digitized House Media.
  • Nov 08, 2018

Infographic: 43 Smart Home Facts and Stats

Available as a free download, the new "Smart Door Locks Report 2018" offers key insights on smart home security. Image: ASSA ABLOY.
  • Oct 31, 2018

What’s Driving Demand for Smarter Home Security? Answers in New Market Report

Just in time for Halloween: August Home brings new Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and IFTTT skills. Image: August Home.
  • Oct 30, 2018

August Enables More Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, IFTTT Skills

Smart door locks can be a secure addition to your rental property and a delight to tenants. Image: Nest and Yale.
  • Oct 19, 2018

How to Select a Smart Door Lock for a Rental Property

Google Home Hub aims to be the central command center for your connected home. Image: Google.
  • Oct 11, 2018

Google Home Hub Embraces the Hybrid Connected Home

The first Ring camera that can be used indoors or out, the Stick Up Cam is available in wired (shown), battery, and solar versions. Image: Ring.
  • Oct 03, 2018

Ring Branches out with New Stick Up Cams

The Yale Assure Locks - Connected by August line of smart locks integrates Yale touch-screen smart locks with the August app. Image: Yale and August Home.
  • Sep 25, 2018

Yale Connects Its Assure Smart Locks with August App

Autumn is a perfect time to upgrade your home with smart security and convenience features. Image: iStock.
  • Sep 20, 2018

5 Ways for Securing Your Smart Home this Fall

Your home is your castle, but you don't need to spend a king's ransom to secure your home. Image: Ialicante Mediterranean Homes on Unsplash.
  • Sep 20, 2018

6 Smart Ways to Minimize Costs of Home Security

Locky brings smart features to conventional door locksets by enveloping your key with a hi-tech housing. Image: Locky.
  • Sep 12, 2018

Locky Adds Smart Safety to Dumb Door Locks

Image: Bastien Jaillot on Unsplash.
  • Sep 07, 2018

10 Baby Monitors and Cameras to Keep Kids Safe

Kids are immersed in smart tech, and its up to parents to help them safely navigate through it. Image: Patricia Prudente on Unsplash.
  • Sep 01, 2018

9 Parenting Tips to Help Kids Use Smart Tech Safely

Featuring integration with Apple iOS as well as watchOS, the Philips Hue app for Apple Watch enables Hue lighting control via widgets. Image: Digitized House Media.
  • Aug 28, 2018

5 Apple Watch Apps for Smart Home Mastery

More European property rental services are relying on secure solutions around the ENTR smart door lock. Image: ASSA ABLOY/Intersoft/iStock.
  • Aug 25, 2018

ENTR Smart Lock Proves the Smartest Solution for Rental Services in Croatia

Do you know if your garage door is open or closed right now? The new generation of smart garage door opener controllers can let you check via your smartphone. Image: Digitized House Media.
  • Aug 08, 2018

5 Smart Controllers to Elevate Your Garage Door

Security cameras have gotten much smarter, but where you place them can increase their effectiveness. Image: Digitized House Media.
  • Aug 05, 2018

With Smart Security Cameras, Location Is Everything

Product Round-Ups

Automating Window Shades in the Connected Home Era: Part 1

Graber Layered Shades with Virtual Cord Motorization. Image: Graber.

Automating Window Shades in the Connected Home Era: Part 2

Automating your window shades is easier than ever. These Graber Mezzanine layered shades have onboard Z-Wave motors and work with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. Image: Digitized House Media.

10 Smart Works with Nest Gadgets That Go Easy on Your Budget

The Google Home Mini speaker offers broad voice activation compatibility with Nest and Works with Nest products. Image: Digitized House Media.

4 Indoor Air Quality Monitors for a Healthier Smart Home

As the adage goes, you can't manage what you can't measure. That rings true in your home, where smart devices like the uHoo can help you measure and then improve air quality. Image: uHoo.

Smart Door Locks

  • Feb 09, 2019

An ASSA ABLOY Smart Door Lock for Every Door, Everywhere

ASSA ABLOY ENTR smart lock and app. Image: Digitized House Media.
Available as a free download, the new "Smart Door Locks Report 2018" offers key insights on smart home security. Image: ASSA ABLOY.
  • Oct 31, 2018

What’s Driving Demand for Smarter Home Security? Answers in New Market Report

More European property rental services are relying on secure solutions around the ENTR smart door lock. Image: ASSA ABLOY/Intersoft/iStock.
  • Aug 25, 2018

ENTR Smart Lock Proves the Smartest Solution for Rental Services in Croatia

Here are 6 cool things an ENTR smart door lock can do for you. Image: ASSA ABLOY.
  • Jul 12, 2018

6 Cool Features Your Smart Door Lock Should Deliver

In Scandinavia, alarm monitoring company Verisure has added the Yale Doorman smart lock from ASSA ABLOY to their connected home repertoire. Image: ASSA ABLOY and Verisure.
  • Jun 28, 2018

Verisure connected home automation gets even smarter with Yale smart door locks by ASSA ABLOY

The ENTR smart door lock is available Europe-wide in a new black version. Image: ASSA ABLOY.
  • May 12, 2018

ENTR smart door lock extends colour palette with black version

Entertainment

  • Dec 27, 2018

6 Smart Alarm Clocks You Never Knew You Needed

Kello smart alarm clock. Image: Hello.
Image: Digitized House Media.
  • Dec 16, 2018

Controlling Philips Hue Lighting with Hue TV App on Apple TV

Oculus Rift. Image: Oculus.
  • Dec 07, 2018

Your New Game Face: Guide to Setting Up a VR System

Apple Music, Meet Amazon Echo. Image: Digitized House Media.
  • Dec 01, 2018

Amazon Brings Apple Music to Echo Smart Devices

Image: Diette Henderson on Unsplash.
  • Nov 25, 2018

Cyber Week Deals on Our Favorite Smart Home Gadgets

  • Nov 14, 2018

Family Entertainment Room: Designed to Impress

Architecture

  • Dec 08, 2018

Beautiful and Sustainable: Modern Duplex Homes Deliver

Waldo Duplex in Kansas. Image: Mike Sinclair.
  • Aug 15, 2018

Infographic: Passive Housing | A Smarter Way of Living 

The Austin Cool House Tour features this smart and colorful residence by Carter Design Associates. Image: Leonid Furmansky.
  • Jun 07, 2018

Austin Cool House Tour 2018 a study in smart design

Day 1 of 12 Smart Gifts: ArcKit Masterplan. Image: ArcKit.
  • Dec 04, 2017

Day 1 of 12 Smart Gifts: ArcKit Masterplan and Cityscape

Tiny Homes Showcase home. Image: Digitized House
  • Nov 12, 2017

Video: New spin on homework, smart tiny houses built by high schoolers

AIA Austin Homes Tour | Tim Brown Architecture Image: Digitized House
  • Nov 07, 2017

Video: A modern take on Victorian architecture