![]() There's the original Echo, the smaller Echo Dot for the more budget conscious, the new kids edition. The Echo has multiple omnidirectional microphones to make it easy to take voice commands from across a room, and includes multiple speakers to make it easy to be heard.Īdditionally, Amazon now provides a range of product variations. The Echo can work as a standalone device, connecting to a cloud-based service to provide music, make calls, set up alerts and times, ask questions, or even request weather and traffic reports. The Amazon Echo (opens in new tab) is a leading hub for home automation, using Amazon's proprietary Alexa voice-powered technology. This means they can work with a huge variety of devices, which means the days where every smart device refused to work with devices from other brands, and meant you needed a whole army of apps to control everything, are long gone. The best home automation systems in this list are platform agnostic. They do this by utilizing connections like your home network, broadband, Bluetooth, ZigBee, z-wave, and other protocols, They are a singular device that connects to all of your smart devices, regardless of brand, and gives you an easy, user-friendly, way to control them all - including via voice commands. This is where the best home automation systems, also known as 'hubs' come in. We now have more smart devices in our homes than ever before, from lighting systems such as Hue, to internet connected thermostats, fridges and more, so controlling them all easily can be a bit of a nightmare. ![]() ![]() The best home automation systems are essential to any growing smart home. ![]()
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