Top 5 Home Automation Ideas with IoT to make Life Easier

There are several home automation ideas that can be executed using mobile applications with a comprehensive interface and smart use of the new hands’ free technologies. Many are already in the testing phase, while many more are still in the design and development phase with mobile app development companies. Let us discuss 5 home automation ideas with IoT-based mobile applications.

1. Security

Mobile applications that connect with the home security system, such as cameras and intercoms, enable the homeowner to monitor the visitors from their mobile device screens continuously. Further, all recordings can be directly stored on the cloud and viewed remotely. So, if a visitor comes and rings the bell in everyone’s absence, one can see who it is, and speak to them live and view their activities from their mobile device using the application.

An in-built alarm system can help raise the alarm and send a signal to the requisite authorities in case of medical emergency, fire, or theft to ensure quick response even when the owner is away from home. Complete lockdown of the house with a single press of a tap or voice command can be done with a mobile application using beacon technology.

2. Lighting and ventilation

Lighting systems with sensors are relatively common, though not yet adopted on a large scale. New systems are available in the market that can be synced with mobile applications to ensure total control of lighting, room temperature, and ventilation with one’s mobile device.

So, just as the homeowner leaves office, they can set the temperatures and the home lighting moods on their device so that they enter a relaxing environment that has been pre-set to alleviate their mood and give them a homely feel. Further, the settings can be made for the entire house or specific rooms within the home.

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3. Kitchen appliances

The refrigerator that tells you what its contents are and the expiry date of each food item kept in it is newly entering the market. What it can further do is, send you to push notifications on your mobile device via a simple mobile application with actionable ideas for placing orders for fresh stock with your vendor.

All electronic devices within the kitchen, including the electric stove and oven, can be programmed to respond to commands from the mobile device so that you don’t have to get up in the middle of your interesting sitcom to turn the timer off.

4. Media

Smart televisions and smartphones are already in the market, and they can be used to change channels, manage the volume and other adjustments. With a targeted mobile application, the screen can be cast on the wall or any screen, which means the television may simply become obsolete in a few years. The availability of high-speed internet and mobile applications and websites that stream movies and television shows, TV series, and even the in-house applications of production houses makes broadcast networks obsolete.

In anticipation of the maturing technology where minimalism is a central aspect, we can soon witness sensors and beacons replacing bulky devices within the home space.

5. Water and waste management

A walk through a shopping mall or airport restrooms will show you sensor-enabled taps and flushes that don’t require physical contact to operate taps. Similar technology is coming into homes and at affordable rates. Water heating/cooling, setting the showers, Jacuzzi, or cleaning the home swimming pool can be automated with mobile application-based command. Further, waste segregation, recycling, and disposal can also be managed with planners of a mobile application.

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