Gadgetory

hey we're here at the CD a tech showcase in Dallas Texas taking a look at the control for booth now control for is a smart home as a service provider that provides whole home smart home solutions lots of different gadgets work in their system the really interesting thing that we're seeing here at cedia is that control for now integrates with Alexa Alexa the automated voice activated assistant from Amazon with that integration you'll be able to ask Alexa to launch control for scenes that you've programmed previously so we're here in the Amazon booth at cedia testing out all the new integrations with Alexa through the control for system you've got a lot of different devices that's just of control and now with alexi you can launch scenes with those devices just by using voice commands so for instance if I say Alexa turn on good morning you can see that the lights come on the shade start to rise the TV even flips on it's got amazon fire TV and a control for EA series controller back there all that stuff happens at once with one single voice command which is something new for the Amazon echo platform and all that is made possible with control fours for site service it's a ninety nine dollar a year subscription service that just manages all of your smart home gear into a single application with controls that you can program yourself and set up the way you want well show you more here at cedia to check out cnet com / smart dash home