I agree about all of your points about the voice control being a minimum requirement, it really is essential.
My point about the entire things, I guess, is this;
They created this entire thing to talk about home automation, but they only concerned themselves with home “Control”.
While home automation and home control are quickly becoming synonymous, many of us still recognize the vast differences.
Yes, programming the lights to come on with mutton and go off ten minutes later is nothing new. I do not need a smart device to do this. Lutron makes an incredible switch that does this.
But, and here’s where I was expecting this article series to go, deep into the “smart home”.
The ultimate combination of automation, control, and knowledge. And yes, @JDRoberts, the voice control via Alexa is the key to this.
I want a home that turns my lights on and off as I walk in and leave, or when the ambient light decreases, or whatever. I want it to also it to remind me to close the windows because it’s raining outside. And, here’s the real hard part, I want it to do things based on the person or persons that are in the room at the time.
Such as, adjust the temp down if everyone is home and all of the common since lights are on and there is a lot of motion. This would be the house recognizing an active space that is warming up.
This is really nothing more than complex programming, an emulation of A.I.
This is my goal in my home. And with enough hardware and the correct logic I will have it.
My disappointing came in the total lack of in depth tech in an in depth tech article.