Before Smart Home

Learn before you build and stay on top of the latest trends in the smart home ecosystem.

Control your Loxone or KNX smart home with Apple HomeKit

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Want to connect your Loxone, Gira or KNX smart home to Apple HomeKit and make the most of the Apple smart assistant platform. Create custom scenes, automations, geofencing, remote access and more. Just integrate 1Home today and try it out!…

Nika Bergant

A shift in privacy by smart assistants

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Privacy is a hot topic among the leading smart home players at the moment. The big three, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple HomeKit, are pivoting their view on privacy since the market has been showing bigger and bigger resistance to data gathering.…

Rok Prevolšek

Why should you integrate a smart assistant in your smart home?

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People often confuse smart assistant platforms with voice assistants and we are here to tell the difference. Let's show you the value of integrating a smart assistant into your Loxone, Gira or KNX IP Interface smart home.…

Nika Bergant

Benefits of integrating smart assistants in your KNX IP Interface smart home

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These are the benefits of having a 1Home Box connect smart assistant platform (Amazon Alexa, Google home or Apple HomeKit) in your KNX IP Interface home.…

Nika Bergant

Benefits of integrating smart assistants in your Gira smart home

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These are the benefits of having a 1Home Box that connects a smart assistant platform (Amazon Alexa, Google home or Apple HomeKit) in your Gira home (Gira X1 and Gira HomeServer): single mobile app, automations, geofencing, voice control and others.…

Nika Bergant

Benefits of integrating smart assistants in your Loxone smart home

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These are the benefits of having a 1Home Box connect smart assistant platform (Amazon Alexa, Google home or Apple HomeKit) in my Loxone home: single mobile app, freedom to create automations, geofencing, voice control in several languages and others.…

Nika Bergant

Loxone or KNX?

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Are you deciding between a Loxone or KNX smart home? Great, you’ve come to the right place to get unbiased advice. Firstly, let’s emphasize that you can hardly go wrong selecting either KNX or Loxone home automation ecosystem. But what are the pros and cons of each?…

Rok Prevolšek

The smart home battle at CES 2020

#Before Smart Home #After Smart Home #For Partners

The rivalry of the three smart assistants: Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple Siri, is still growing in 2020. This year the voice assistants in all forms are the rage, from showerheads to ovens, voice control is taking over. Here are the best smart home announcements of CES 2020.…

Nika Bergant

The first ever DIY KNX voice controlled office sign

#After Smart Home #Before Smart Home #For Partners

Smart homes aren’t just business for us, they’re also incredibly fun to build! And honestly anyone can build a similar project, it’s simple and fun to DIY. Follow our tutorial to do it yourself, connect your KNX, Loxone or Gira smart home and control it with voice!…

Nika Bergant

Top 10 Black Friday Deals for your Smart Home of Today #3 (1.12. 2019)

#After Smart Home #Before Smart Home

Here's our top selection for this year's Black Friday deals: from Google Home Mini speaker, Amazon Echo Show 8, Fitbit smartwatch and others.…

Nika Bergant