A smart home definition
A smart home is a property that is automated to adapt to its natural environment. It sees appliances and fixtures or fittings (like blinds, lighting and security systems) connect with each other on a network to operate automatically or on demand.
In addition, many of these items have sensors which enable them to respond to their surroundings. This allows things like lights to turn on when it gets dark or when a person enters a room.
Ultimately, a fully streamlined smart home will be controlled by one central hub and/or app. Meanwhile voice assistants (Google Assistant, Siri, Bixby etc) and smart speakers (Amazon Echo, Google Home etc) allow the hub and smart home to be controlled by voice command.
Traditionally smart homes were costly to install due to the networking infrastructure and wiring required, but that’s all changing as smart technology improves and becomes more wireless and mobile.