1 Making Your Life Easier with Smart Home Technology 3 What Is a Smart Home? 4 How Smart Home Technology Works 6 Smart Communications 6 Smart Operations 7 Smart Interactivity 8 What Can Your Smart Home Control? 9 Smart Lighting 9 Smart Heating and Cooling 11 Smart Home Security 12 Smart Appliances 13 Smart Home Entertainment 14 Smart Home Control 15 And More. 15 Why You Need to Turn Your Home into a Smart Home 16 Saving Time and Effort 16 Saving Money and Conserving Energy 17 Doing More 17 2 Understanding Smart Home Hubs and Controllers 21 Understanding Smart Home Technologies 21 X10 23 Insteon 24 Wi-Fi 25 Bluetooth 25 Z-Wave 25 ZigBee 26 Comparing Smart Home Systems 26 Insteon 27 SmartThings by Samsung 28 Wink 28 And More. 29 What Works with What? 30 Comparing Smart Home Controllers 34 Apple HomeKit 35 Amazon Echo and Alexa 36 Google Home 37 3 Automating Your Home Lighting 41 Considering Smart Lighting Systems 41 Insteon 41 LIFX 42 Philips Hue 42 Wink 43 Other Systems 43 Using the Philips Hue Personal Wireless Lighting System 44 Connect the Hue Bridge 44 Connect to the Hue Dimmer Switch 46 Control Your Lights with the Dimmer Switch 48 Connect to the Hue App 48 Create a Room 50 Add More Lights or Accessories 52 Turn Lights On or Off with the Hue Smartphone App 54 Dim Your Lights 55 Adjust a Light''s Color Temperature 55 Select a Scene 57 Create a New Scene 58 Create a New Home & Away Routine 61 Create a Wake Up Routine 65 Create a Go to Sleep Routine 66 4 Automating Heating and Cooling 71 Understanding Smart Thermostats 71 How Smart Thermostats Work 72 Should You Upgrade to a Smart Thermostat? 74 Evaluating Smart Thermostats 75 Carrier Cor Wi-Fi Thermostat 76 Ecobee 77 Emerson Sensi Wi-Fi Thermostat 78 Honeywell Lyric Round Wi-Fi Thermostat 79 Honeywell Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat 80 Nest Learning Thermostat 80 Using the Nest Learning Thermostat 83 Set Up and Configure Your Nest Thermostat 84 Control Your Thermostat 90 Set the Temperature 91 Program Your Nest 93 Learning Your Routine 94 Connecting Your Nest to Other Smart Devices 95 5 Automating Home Security 99 Adding a Smart Doorbell 100 How Smart Doorbells Work 100 August Doorbell Cam 101 Ring Video Doorbell 103 SkyBell HD Wi-Fi Video Doorbell 105 Installing a Smart Door Lock 106 How Smart Door Locks Work 107 August Smart Lock 108 Kwikset Kevo 111 Kwikset Premis 112 Schlage Connect 113 Schlage Sense 113 Yale Assure Lock with Bluetooth 114 Using Smart Security Cameras 115 How Smart Cameras Work 115 Arlo Q 117 Arlo Pro 118 Canary Flex 119 Nest Cam Indoor and Outdoor 120 Working with Smart Smoke and CO Detectors 122 Birdi 123 Halo+ 124 Nest Protect 124 Assembling a Smart Home Security System 126 Samsung SmartThings 127 Wink 128 Canary 128 Piper 130 iSmartAlarm 131 SimpliSafe 132 6 Automating Your Kitchen and Laundry 135 Understanding Today''s Smart Appliances 136 Smart Operation 136 Smart Monitoring 137 Smart Energy Savings 137 Smart Maintenance 137 Smarter Food Storage with Smart Refrigerators 138 GE Connected Refrigerators 138 LG SmartThinQ Refrigerators 139 Samsung Family Hub Refrigerators 140 Smarter Cooking with Smart Ranges and Ovens 142 GE Wi-Fi Connected Ovens and Ranges 142 LG SmartThinQ Ranges 143 Samsung Wi-Fi Ranges 144 Smarter Dishwashing with Smart Dishwashers 145 Bosch Dishwasher with Home Connect 145 GE Wi-Fi Connected Dishwashers 145 Smarter Cleaning with Smart Washers and Dryers 146 GE Wi-Fi Connected Washers and Dryers 147 LG SmartThinQ Washers and Dryers 148 Whirlpool 148 7 Automating Home Entertainment 153 Watching Smart TV 153 What''s Inside a Smart TV 154 What a Smart TV Does 155 Using a Typical Smart TV156 Using a Smart Set-Top Box 158 Streaming Audio Throughout Your Home 159 Using the Amazon Echo as a Speaker 160 Using Google Home as a Speaker 161 Using the Harmony Hub 162 Getting to Know the Harmony Hub 162 What''s It Work With? 164 Setting Up the Harmony Hub 164 Using the Harmony Hub 165 8 Examining Other Smart Devices and Applications 169 Smart Devices for the Living Room 169 Smart Plugs 170 Smart Outlets 171 Smart Wall Switches&nb.