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e may not yet have flying cars, but controlling our mod cons with voice commands is today’s reality. Smart speakers like Amazon Echo bring talkative smart assistants to life, acting as virtual butlers at your beck and call. Smart home hubs obey (almost) your every command, making it easy for you to control all the smart appliances around your home. Read on for seven nifty smart home tricks.
Words Gun Arvidssen & Adam Turner. Photography Google. Some photographs feature products from suppliers other than Bunnings.
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Light up your life While smart bulbs and other smart devices come with their own smartphone apps, most also work with smart assistants. For example, Arlec smart bulbs work with the Grid Connect app, but you can also link them to Google Assistant or Amazon’s Alexa, so you don’t need your phone. If you have an Amazon Echo smart speaker on the kitchen bench you can say, “Alexa, turn on the lights”, and it’s smart enough to know you mean the kitchen lights. Arlec 9W 806lm RGB+CCT BC B22 smart globe with Grid Connect, $24.98, I/N: 0111500 Some products are not available at all Bunnings stores, but may be ordered.
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