Using smart shades to transform the CNET Smart Home
Using smart shades to transform the CNET Smart Home
2016-09-01
I've spent the last few days replacing
the shades at the C net smart home and
now this whole space is fully automated
so the question is what does that mean
well let me show you automated shades
are useful for difficult to reach
windows and they look pretty cool but
when you outfit a whole space like this
you interact differently with it now
when I walk into the room each morning
the first thing I do before I turn on
any lights is hit the button to open the
shades part of the reason why we
installed Lutron Tsarina shades is that
control goes beyond the button if I'm
sitting on the couch I can just tell
Siri to close all the shades and she
will
I can also schedule them so they open in
the morning or close at night most of
these windows face south so we get a lot
of diffuse natural light but for the
windows facing west I can schedule them
to lower as the Sun lowers giving me the
light of the Setting Sun without the
glare finally I can control the shades
with widgets on the Today pulldown menu
on my iPhone practically this is how I
use the shades most because it takes a
swipe and a tap no matter where I am
these automated shades make the smart
home look even cooler than usual and
they're super easy to control
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