Nigel Callaghan of Link2Home explains how the company’s plug and play solutions are making homes smarter than ever before

A TRULY SMART HOME FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

Nigel Callaghan, UK & Ireland General Manager of Link2Home, explains how the company’s range of plug and play solutions is helping to make homes smarter than ever before.

Link2Home UK was incorporated in 2019 with the brand having been established in 2016 and already present in Germany, Hungary, Poland, France and the USA. Link2Home was introduced as a brand that aims to redefine everyday living by innovating existing home electricals – incorporating clean design, performance and affordability.

More and more of us are looking to make our homes and offices that bit smarter, but that doesn’t have to mean complicated and costly technology. For us, it means taking the electrical products we use every day and improving them to make your home or office more comfortable, convenient and secure.

At Link2Home, we are experienced in the past, present and future of the electrical market. We have more than 60 combined years of electrical knowledge on the ground in the UK and have our own manufacturing base with 25 years’ experience.

Our products are designed to help you better manage day to day tasks in your home, office and garden with the minimum of fuss – just plug and play. Whether its app-controlled sockets that let you manage your household from afar, or Wi-Fi enabled LED lights for smarter illumination, Link2Home provides the simple and flexible solution you need.

We strive to be the best in class provider of smart electrical products and solutions.

Smart home What if all the devices in your home could connect to the internet? Not just your smart phone or tablet, but everything: speakers, lights, doorbells, cameras, sockets, window blinds, appliances, heating, alarms – you name it. And what if all those devices could all communicate, send you information and take commands all under one application? It’s not science fiction: it’s the Link2Home solution and it is becoming a key component in home automation and smart homes.

Smart home is not just about turning your lights on and off through an application. In a truly smart home focus is on home automation. Home automation does exactly what it says: it is the ability to automate things around the home or office at the push of a button, voice command or better yet automatically. There are many smart home product solutions available on the market but what there is not is a one app solution for everything that brings it all together and allows your devices to interconnect and talk to each other. This is where Link2Home’s focus lies in bring everything together under a one app solution and enabling smart automation without serious investment of time and money.

Total control At Link2Home, we make products that are attractive, helpful, and easy to use, and our app enhances this experience. Control your Link2Home devices, switch your sockets on and off, see inside and outside your home with our cameras, control your environment with our lights and receive alerts from our doorbells and never miss a visitor.

Link2Homes, smart function and the location of your phone allow you to do the right thing automatically, turning on the lights when you arrive home using your location, send alerts through the app and via text when motion is detected and much more. A smart product is nothing without a smart app.

“Smart home is not just about turning your lights on and off through an application. A truly smart home focus is on home automation.”

It’s all in the voice All our smart products are fully integrated with Amazon Echo and Google Assistant. Turn your lights or sockets on and off through voice and if you have an Amazon Echo Show or Google Screen device including Google Chromecast. Just ask your smart speaker to access your camera device by saying, ‘Alexa, show me the driveway’, or, ‘Hey Google, show me the garage on the living room TV’.

We have partnered with house builders in the UK to get key products installed from the ground up and are working with telecoms providers in the UK as a technology partner. We have a focused energetic and experienced sales team ready to take your call and talk you through our ranges. This doesn’t need to be faceto-face and with social distancing set to be present for some time, we have taken advantage of the virtual workspace and hold regular Zoom and Skype drop-in sessions. So, wherever you are in the country, Link2Home can help.

The complete solution As well as a focus on easy to use products and a powerful app, we have focused on our brand and packaging to enforce these messages. Our name ‘Link2Home’ tells you what we do, and our packaging solution carries this messaging forward. Easy to understand and display products with bold colours and feature ICONS all presented in shelf-ready packaging. Our products are easy to display and understand in a one box solution. We have an extended support solution for the end user when it comes to installing and understanding our products. Inbuilt installation guides through the application allow for easy set up as well as two-way messaging service where you can report bugs, suggest new features and get network diagnostics.