Dallas, TX – September xiv ,2016 vi:00 PM ET
– Control4 Corporation (NASDAQ: CTRL), a leading global provider of smart home solutions, today announces integration with Amazon Alexa, the popular voice service that powers Amazon Echo and other Alexa-enabled devices, including Echo Dot, Amazon Tap and Amazon Fire Telly. The new Control4® Smart Home Skill provides homeowners with the convenience of whole-home automation through simple and intuitive phonation commands that tin activate smart home scenes and control individual devices.
Smart Home Scenes Initiate Personalized Experiences
Control4 personalizes a smart home by coordinating continued devices throughout the house into pre-set scenes to gear up the mood, create ambiance, and provide convenience. For example, using the Control4 skill for Alexa, a “Cooking” scene can enhance the lights in the kitchen, lower the shades, and plow on the Telly to a preset food aqueduct – all with a single voice control. Additionally, a verbal “Alexa, turn off the house” control can shut down the business firm by turning off all of the lights, lowering the thermostat, locking the doors, and arming the security system.
“Controlling smart dwelling devices using vocalisation is ane of the about popular features of Alexa, which is why nosotros’re especially pleased to exist working with Control4,” said Charlie Kindel, Managing director, Amazon Alexa Smart Home. “The vast breadth of devices Control4 supports, brings new capability and an enhanced user experience to the Alexa-enabled household.”
Whole-Home Automation Meets Vocalization Control
Control4 is the one of the first domicile automation companies to combine smart home scenes with the convenience of the Alexa far-field vocalism recognition, coordinating connected devices throughout the home. With support for over 9,900 popular lighting, audio, video, security, and condolement products, Control4 provides automation to the entire home. Providing homeowners with the flexibility and level of command they want, devices can also exist controlled individually with simple commands to turn a single light on or off, dim lights to create the correct mood, or even suit the temperature from bed.
“On average, our customers have over 40 continued devices in their homes that are orchestrated by Control4 and at present, voice interaction with Amazon Alexa offers another convenient mode to command all of them,” said Martin Plaehn, Control4 CEO. “This integration combines Control4’s automation ability and extensive support for connected devices with the intuitive voice control from Amazon Alexa, reinforcing our shared vision to brand life in a connected domicile e’er-more personalized, comfy, and hassle-costless.”
Control4 is the simply dwelling house automation company that makes it like shooting fish in a barrel for every member of the family unit to intuitively control everything in the entire abode either past remote control, touch screen, mobile device, a keypad, and now, voice.
Getting Started is Easy for Control4 Homeowners
Connecting an Alexa-enabled device within a Control4 home is simple and straightforward. A homeowner simply enables the Control4 Smart Home Skill inside the Alexa app, connects with Control4, discovers devices and scenes, and their dwelling house is ready for phonation control.
The Control4 Smart Habitation Skill is available at present for the entire Alexa family: Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Amazon Tap, and Amazon Burn Television.
This new Alexa skill is included with a Control4 4Sight subscription ($99 U.s. yearly), and requires an Alexa-enabled device to use it. 4Sight enables homeowners to connect to Control4 cloud-based services, including remotely accessing and controlling their home on an iOS and Android mobile device from anywhere, receiving alerts from their smart abode, and using the new Control4 Smart Dwelling house Skill for Amazon Alexa devices.
For more data visit www.control4.com. Read more virtually the Control4 Smart Home Skill on the Control4 web log.
About Control4
Control4
[NASDAQ: CTRL] is a
global provider of
automation and networking systems for homes and businesses
, offering personalized control of lighting, music, video, condolement, security, communications, and more into a unified smart dwelling system that enhances the daily lives of its consumers.
Control4 unlocks the potential of connected devices, making networks more than robust, entertainment systems easier to use, homes more comfortable and energy efficient, and families more secure.
Today, every home and business needs automation horsepower and a high-operation network to manage the increasing number of continued devices. The Control4 platform interoperates with more than ix,900 third-party consumer electronics products, ensuring an ever-expanding ecosystem of devices will work together. Control4 is now available in 91 countries. Leveraging a distribution channel that includes over 3,900 custom integrators, retailers, and distributors authorized to sell the full-line of Control4 products, with over ane,100 additional dealers and distributors that are authorized to sell our Pakedge branded networking solutions only, Control4 is delivering intelligent solutions for consumers, major consumer electronics companies, hotels, and businesses around the earth.
Control4 Press Contact
Kimberly Lancaster, Caster Communications
klancaster@castercomm.com
401-792-7080
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