I am quadriparetic with limited hand function, so voice control is very important to me.
There are multiple voice control options that currently work with SmartThings, depending on your specific needs and whether you have android or iOS devices.
I myself use Hey Siri with IFTTT to control most of my SmartThings devices and it works quite well. Not natural language like Jarvis, but full handsfree voice operation at no extra cost. Community members using Android have other choices.
Youâll find discussion of the various options in the following topic:
I am thinking more along the Amazon Echo lines tho. When iâm at home my phone is usually in the bedroom on my night table at all times and wouldnt be able to help.
Something like Echo would be great. I want to be able to control my home, but also have my home become smarter (and be able to interact with me (automatic lights on/off as i get in/out Bed, display weather and open blinds slowly)
I am a big Android fan and would love to see an android powered version that could access my synced services ( calendar, music, control my nexus tvâŚ)
Well the Echo lives in one place as well, although it can cover a slightly bigger range. (My brother got his, mine is on order.) but it doesnât connect directly with any Home Automation systems yet.
if you want to spend extra on hardware, there are multiple options now, again all discussed in the topic I linked to. Ubi and Ivee are Echo like devices which will work with ST, although not as good at speech recognition as Echo. An inexpensive tablet may cost less than Echo. Or the new Apple Watch coming out links with an iPhone by wifi (not just bluetooth), giving you Hey Siri voice recognition throughout the house and yard.
SharpTools is a popular Android option that works now with an inexpensive android tablet.
So again, multiple handsfree voice options are available now that work with SmartThings, just depending on exactly what youâre looking for.
Really would like to see the Leviton 4-zone controller (VRCZ4-M0Z) supported. Such a needed device for the most basic needs like a large multi use room with numerous lights. Seems rather basic for such a powerful tool as SmartThings.
Dumb Wall Switch "Adapter"
I live in an apartment that doesnât have much overhead lighting. We do have wall switches that control wall plugs around the place. I would love to be able to jam something into these plugs to use them as switches. Better Hue Integration
My wife often goes to bed before I do. I have the lights set to come on when I enter the bedroom. It would be great if I could have them come on at a lower level instead of full brightness. Also, triggering certain scenes on different events would be fantastic as well.
The Aeon micro relays might work for this. There are two, one regular, one dimmer. Both are in the official âworks with SmartThingsâ list. Many community members use them. They are zwave controllers designed to fit inside the existing switch box, so they turn a dumb switch into a smart one.
I wasnât able to find if others have already mentioned this but Iâm really, really hoping to see support for smartlocks - specifically Okidokeys. Iâve tried several and Okidokeys is by far the best in terms of fast connection and immediate response. They have many improvements in the pipeline and they have an open API. I was told that several home automation companies have asked for that API for full integration but SmartThings support wasnât at all sure that they were one of those. This lock has improved my life a great deal and I would love to see it integrated with SmartThings. Iâm hoping with Okidokeys freely giving out the API weâll see support for it here.
I would really like support for the flux wifi LED color light bulbs. They work just like the Philips Hue but theyâre cheaper and donât require a hub.
Misfit Bolt (the bulb, no relation to Lockitronâs Bolt, which is a lock) is bluetooth. Thereâs no bluetooth antenna in the SmartThings v1 hub, so no joy there. No web API for the Misfit Bolt yet either.
When it was first released they said it would be able to sync with the harmony home hub, but I havenât seen any announcements from Harmony about that. And integration between smartthings and harmony is not working very well right now.
The SmartThings version two hub (likely out sometime this summer) will have a Bluetooth antenna, but we donât know any of the details yet.
For now The misfit bolt Bulb looks like a stand-alone device.
SmartThings has an IFTTT channel (one of my favorite things about SmartThings).
The Microsoft band can use Cortana to send a text message.
If Cortana can include a hashtag, you could send a text to IFTTT and control SmartThings basic tasks that way. I use Siri to do this on an iPhone, and intend to use an AppleWatch the same way.
The following method worked out by Will Poirier should work with anything that can send text messages with hashtags.
Which looks like it might include the band. I just donât know about hashtags.
I second this. Hunter Douglas Platinum App integration would be great. I see Somfy is being added for Timber Blinds, but it looks like Hunterâs solution is being adopted a lot more and the use of the apps on Google Play is very heavily tilted towards Hunter Douglas.
I donât like the idea of being locked into Lutronâs proprietary Caseta protocol on their Serena line of shades.
Somfy RTS is one-way only, so you get the option of open, closed, or âMyâ only with no dimming option.
The Insynctive product allows for two-way communication showing shade status and allows âdimmingâ in 1% increments.
Community members using Android have other choices.
