Sina Technology News Beijing time on March 26 afternoon news, major technology manufacturers in recent years have been in the field of intelligent home automation, although smart home devices are now accepted by many consumers, but consumers still face a problem There are so many brands of equipment to choose from in the market, and there are so many smart home ecosystems. How do consumers take the first step?
The company seems to want to provide consumers with an answer in a whole new way. They have partnered with Swedish real estate developer Trivselhus, and the two sides will create a new community where all homes in the community will be populated with Apple's HomeKit smart home ecosystem. They hope to use this method to experience the advancement of the HomeKit ecosystem.
The name of the community is Sommar Place, located in Milton Keynes, England, and the community is still under construction. Sommar Place has separate villa-style houses and apartment-style houses, plus a total of 56 residences. Unlike other homes, Sommar Place was built with Apple's HomeKit ecosystem, and owners don't have to buy smart home devices themselves after they check in.
Trivselhus is a real estate developer with 20 years of experience. When building the Sommar Place community, they provided each home with a smart home product that supports HomeKit. The owner can control these devices through Apple HomeKit after check-in.
Internal smart home equipment
Here are the smart home devices used within the Sommar Place community:
- Entertainment
iPad
Apple TV 4K
HomePod
iPod touch
- Energy control and monitoring
Netatmo Smart Temperature Monitor
Netatmo heating automatic control valve
Lightwave RF Link Plus hub
Lightwave RF 2 socket
Lightwave RF 1 switch
- Lighting
LIFX smart light bulb (E27 screw)
- Safety
Elgato Eve Motion Wireless Motion Sensor
Netatmo Presence external security camera
Elgato door and window sensor
Logitech Circle 2 camera
Danalock smart door lock
- health
Apple Watch Series 3
Netatmo Healthy Home Coach Smart Fitness Trainer
- infrastructure
Linksys router
HDMI cable (for connecting to Apple TV and TV)
HomeKit
From smart bulbs to voice-controlled curtains and heaters, owners can use these smart home devices immediately after they have their keys, and enjoy the convenience of smart homes.
In addition to smart home devices, owners will also get the latest iPad, iPod Touch, cellular network Apple Watch and Apple TV devices, which can be used to control smart devices in the house.
Paul Armstrong, technical director of Trivselhus UK, said: "In the past few years, we have been working with Apple to help them build smart home display rooms, and we have been paying attention to this technology. Practicality. It seems that smart home is obviously a good platform. With the smart home equipment flocking to the market, we have also begun to explore the steps to ensure that the smart home and the house can be deeply integrated, so that the house has as much as possible More smart home devices bring a good living experience to the owners."
All of the smart home devices used by Trivselhus are centered around Apple's Home app, which is Apple's core controller for smart home devices. Here, users can find all the smart home devices in the home and can be classified according to the room they are in. After the HomePod smart speakers are paired, the user can also manipulate these devices by voice.
Users can use Siri to easily control the ambient temperature in the bedroom or turn on the lights in the living room. Users can go one step further by creating "scenarios" to manipulate multiple devices at once. For example, use the "Siri, Good Morning" command to let Siri help you open the curtains, turn on the heating function of the towel rack, HomePod speakers today weather information and news, and open the coffee maker.
When I first saw this futuristic house, most of them would subconsciously feel that its price would be high and outrageous. But in fact, the price of the Sommar Place house is really not expensive. A three-storey, multi-family house with four bedrooms and a private small garden costs about £450,000, or about $4.02 million, and smart home equipment accounts for about 1% of the total price. The price of 450,000 can only buy a very cramped apartment in London.
Ken Forster, managing director of Trivselhus UK, said: “What we emphasize is the quality of life. We want to give our owners a unique experience. Our advantage in the market is different. Put the needs of consumers first."
House from the future
For such a house that uses a lot of intelligent network equipment, some people also expressed concern.
Foster said: "When you consider putting this technology into an apartment worth £250,000 and a £450,000 villa, you have to make sure that these technologies and the house itself do not pose any risks. There have been many security incidents such as data breaches. If there are similar problems in the houses we sell, so that strangers can crack the owner's smart lock and enter the house, we will encounter a serious crisis."
Foster also said that under normal circumstances, if the facilities such as door locks and wall sockets are not damaged, the owner will not replace them. After using smart door locks and smart sockets, if the equipment is eliminated in the next few years with the development of technology, what should the owner do? Trivselhus believes that the smart devices they choose can prevent this from happening, because even in the case of technology elimination or network failure, these devices can be used like ordinary devices, and will not cause problems for the owners.
In terms of information security, all the data collected by HomeKit is kept by Apple, and the data is encrypted and anonymized before being sent to Apple. This means that even Apple itself cannot use this data to determine your identity and lifestyle.
Foster said: "At the beginning of the cooperation with Apple, we have fully considered the issue of data privacy. We have chosen a secure infrastructure, whether it is the owner at home or when the owner is out, from a security perspective The infrastructure we use is very solid and reliable."
Trivselhus and Apple are not the only companies that want to build an IoT community. They are also facing competition from other companies in the UK, and Samsung is one of them. Samsung has partnered with Quintain, another real estate developer, to provide digital connectivity to the 3,000 apartment owners in the Wembley Park community.
Although the number of such communities is currently small, consumers will see more and more smart homes in the housing market in the future. Only one Trivselhus real estate project plans to build 1,000 similar smart homes in the UK in the next three years. It can be seen that the popularity of smart homes may be much faster than you think. (月æ’)
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