Seamlessly Control Your Home Via Natural Voice Commands 

Since Amazon’s Alexa first hit the market in 2014, voice control has been all the talk in smart home circles. However, Alexa’s limitations in whole-home applications became apparent immediately, along with many justified concerns about privacy. 

Alex Capecelatro and Tim Gill founded Josh.ai to address these issues and craft a solution for luxury homes. Its AI-based interface allows for natural speech, more complex demands, and a more private experience. 

This blog highlights why they’re our go-to voice control partners for our smart home automation installations in Tampa, FL, and beyond. Keep reading below. 

Increase Your Technology’s Efficiency and Gain Peace of Mind With These Upgrades

Known for its commitment to innovation, Control4 always comes up with new ways to improve the smart home experience. Our role as Control4 dealers is to educate both existing and potential clients on the smart home control upgrades that would most improve their lifestyle. The features we outline here are ones we recommend both for new constructions and retrofit installations. So how do they offer greater convenience and customization in your New Orleans, LA home? Keep reading to find out!

Enjoy the Ultimate Luxury with Automated Motorized Shades

When choosing window coverings for your new home, a big focus will understandably be on the design. At first, it’s about finding the models, fabrics, patterns and colors that best match your interior décor. But early on, you also understand style shouldn’t mean sacrificing function and convenience. For example, you’ll likely choose thicker blackout shades for your bedrooms and media rooms to keep out inconvenient lighting.

Our motorized shades solutions go one step further, offering seamless control while meeting all your primary design needs. The true power of our automated shades installations is the ability to get the perfect ambiance and comfort in your Baton Rouge home without lifting a finger. Your shades anticipate your needs through schedules and sensors, while voice control allows you to adjust on the go without even getting out of bed.

Leisure Meets Luxury with These High-End Entertainment Features

It's almost the end of the decade, and everyone is already looking forward to what 2020 has in store. Even though for many, the focus will be on career goals or dream trips, why shouldn’t the focus also be on the things you use every day? Do you have any idea how you could upgrade the entertainment in your Baton Rouge, LA home just in time for the new year?

We showcase three technology features that can transform your home audio video experience. Revamp your entertainment with a crisp, lifelike 8K video resolution. Embrace the comfort of wireless audio without sacrificing any of the quality. Enjoy the latest voice assistants in whole new ways by integrating them with a Control4 smart home system.

Optimize Your Technology with Tailor-Made Solutions for Your Home

Smart home control is all about simplifying the way you interact with your technology. Typically, people associate this with mobile apps that let you play music on wireless speakers, open your door locks, or turn off the lights. Although that’s what you’ll get with a DIY solution, professional smart home control offers much more convenience for your family.

Unveil the true potential of your smart home technology with a system which not only places everything under one umbrella but offers diverse control options as well. Go with a Control4 smart home with intuitive user interfaces, advanced voice control, and the ultimate universal remote. Have the best in luxury living with automated changes that anticipate your needs.

Enjoy Voice Control Technology with Alexa
In search of the best Christmas Gift for the Techie? The holidays can be quite hectic, especially if you’re hosting a lot of family and friends at your house. Aside from the festive parties, you have a lot of shopping to do. So what is the best gift for the techie? If your family member or friend loves smart home automation, Amazon’s Alexa is the perfect choice. Not only would it be great for your modern family, but you can also benefit from the technology yourself right now. In this blog, we’ll explain the newest trend – voice control – and how you can add it to your home in the Lafayette, LA area.

What is Alexa?
Developed by Amazon, Alexa is the smart home automation software that allows you to perform all kinds of tasks through voice commands. It runs on the Echo, Dot, and Tap – smart speakers that connect to your smart home and listen to your voice commands to start or stop tasks. Previously seen as a standalone product for DIY-type home automation products, now Alexa can be integrated into your Control4 smart home. You can simply ask Alexa to turn the heat on or give you the weather report, and it will perform your request instantly. It even gives you a confirmation response of “OK” to re-affirm it heard your command.

Hands-free Automation
If you’re planning on getting a lot of shopping done on Black Friday, you may come home with your hands full. Imagine walking into your house and saying, “Alexa, turn on the lights,” and instantly your living room is illuminated. Voice control technology can be used in a variety of situations like this when you want to quickly change your environment. Not only can you ask the device to perform standalone tasks, but you can also activate saved scenes as well, like “Good Morning,” “Welcome Home,” or “Dinner.” All you have to do is say, “Alexa, turn on Welcome” and right when you step through the front door, your house lights will turn on, the shades will rise, your favorite album will start to play, and the HVAC system will turn on the air conditioning or heat.

Here are a few other examples of what Alexa can do:
• You need to start preparing the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. You say, “Alexa, turn on ‘cooking’ and the kitchen dimmers make the room brighter, the TV turns on the Food Network, and the in-ceiling speakers turn up the volume so you can follow The Pioneer Woman’s recipe.
• After a long day of wrapping gifts, from the comfort of your own bed, say, “Alexa, turn off the house” and the lights will turn off, the shades will close, the doors will lock, and the security system will arm.
To control individual devices say commands like this:
• Alexa, turn on the dining room chandelier
• Alexa, dim the bedside lamp to 40%
• Alexa, adjust the temperature to 75 degrees

These are just a few examples of the ways you can use Alexa in your smart home. Whether you decide to add voice control now to help you out around the holidays, or wrap it as a gift for someone else at Christmas, Alexa is the perfect addition to any connected home.

To add Alexa to your house, fill out this online form.