Smart home technology is becoming more popular and accessible, as more people want to make their homes more comfortable, convenient, and secure. Smart home devices can connect to the internet and each other, and can be controlled remotely or automatically using a smartphone app, a voice assistant, or a smart hub. There are many smart home brands that offer various products and services for different needs and preferences. Here are some of the major smart home brands you should know.
Philips Hue
Philips Hue is one of the most well-known and widely compatible smart lighting brands on the market. It offers a range of smart bulbs, lamps, strips, and accessories that can create millions of colors and shades of white. It also works with many voice assistants and smart home platforms, such as Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Samsung SmartThings, IFTTT, and more. Philips Hue can help you create different scenes and moods for different occasions, save energy and money by turning off the lights automatically, enhance your security by making it look like someone is home when you’re away, and improve your wellbeing by mimicking natural light cycles.
Philips Hue is mostly focused on smart lighting.
Eve
Eve is a German brand that specializes in Apple HomeKit-compatible smart home products. It offers a range of smart sensors, switches, plugs, cameras, thermostats, locks, and more. It also works with Siri voice commands, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Eve can help you monitor various conditions and events in your home, such as temperature, humidity, air quality, motion, door status, energy consumption, and more. It can also help you control your devices with your voice or your phone from anywhere in the world, create scenes and automations for your devices to work together, and integrate with other HomeKit devices.
While Eve has many different product categories available, their product offering is generally quite low.
Aqara
Aqara is a Chinese brand that offers a range of smart home products that use Zigbee protocol. It offers smart sensors, switches, plugs, cameras, curtains, locks, hubs, and more. It also works with Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, and Samsung SmartThings. Aqara can help you detect any suspicious activity or emergency in your home in real time and take appropriate actions. It can also help you trigger other devices or actions based on certain conditions. For example, you can use a motion sensor to turn on the lights when you enter a room or a water sensor to shut off the water valve when a leak is detected.
Aqara has one of the most complete range of smart home products that spans across most categories, covering lighting, locks, curtains, sensors, and more.
Yeelight
Yeelight is another Chinese brand that offers smart lighting products that use Wi-Fi protocol. It offers smart bulbs, lamps, strips, panels, fans, speakers, and more. It also works with Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Samsung SmartThings, IFTTT, and more. Yeelight can help you adjust the brightness, color, and schedule of your lights using your smartphone app or voice assistant. You can also sync your lights with music or movies to enhance your entertainment experience.
While Yeelight has been increasing their product range in the last few years, their products are still predominantly focused on lighting.
Nanoleaf
Nanoleaf is a Canadian brand that offers smart lighting products that are designed to be artistic and creative. It offers smart panels, shapes, and elements that can create various patterns and designs on your wall or ceiling. It also works with Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Samsung SmartThings, IFTTT, and more. Nanoleaf can help you create different scenes and moods for different occasions, such as relaxing, reading, or partying. You can also sync your lights with music or games to create immersive effects.
Much like that other brands, Nanoleaf’s focus is on smart lighting.
Somfy
Somfy is a French brand that specializes in motorized solutions for windows and doors, including smart curtains and blinds. Somfy offers a range of smart curtain motors, tracks, fabrics, and accessories that can work with most types of curtains and blinds. Somfy also works with Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Samsung SmartThings, IFTTT, and more. Somfy can help you control the amount of sunlight and privacy that enters your home using your smartphone app or voice assistant. You can also set schedules and routines for your curtains and blinds to open and close automatically at certain times or events.
Somfy is generally a curtain brand, with smart options – not the other way around
Samsung
Samsung is a South Korean brand that offers a wide range of smart home products and services under its SmartThings platform. It offers smart TVs, refrigerators, washers, dryers, vacuums, air conditioners, cameras, sensors, plugs, switches, locks, and more. It also works with Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, IFTTT, and more. Samsung can help you monitor and control various aspects of your home using its SmartThings app or voice assistant. You can also create scenes and automations for your devices to work together and do multiple things at once.
