If you’re like most people in the San Antonio area, hearing about another voice-controlled smart home system might make you roll your eyes a bit. It seems that “voice control” has become the new must have feature in smart home systems. In fact, voice control is one of the most frequently covered elements of our monthly blog posts here at Dominion Design and Integration – and for good reason. There are a lot of options out there, and they all largely come with their share of pros and cons.

While there’s nothing intrinsically wrong with big-brand voice control systems like Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple HomeKit, there may be a more appealing alternative for luxury home owners. One of the newer names on the market, Josh.ai, offers a unique approach to home automation that is tailor made for luxury homes.

Here at Dominion Design and Integration, we aim to deliver integrated, smart home solutions that are simple to use and offer benefits to your day-to-day lifestyle. Due to this, we’re thrilled to now offer Josh.ai to our clients in the greater San Antonio area. Here are some of the perks and benefits of Josh.ai for your luxury smart home.

Control Your Home Conversationally

While most of the big-name voice control systems (such as Alexa, Google, and Siri) aren’t terribly unintuitive, they can require you to speak commands in a way that feels stilted or forced. Their voice commands are not as conversational as speaking to an actual, live human being. This can make controlling your smart home feel like you’re barking out orders on a sci-fi starship. Even though they’re designed to make things simpler, they somewhat miss the mark and require you to adjust to them, rather than the other way around.

Josh, on the other hand, uses a proprietary Natural Language Processing technology  that allows you to speak to it in a much more natural, conversational manner. It also adapts to your particular style of commands, and even lets you make compound commands in one edict.

For example, you can tell Josh to “dim the living room lights and turn on The Mandalorian.” With just one command, Josh will dim your smart lighting system in the living room, find The Mandalorian on Disney+ and restart the show in the exact spot you left off. On top of that, Josh also remembers the last command you gave it. That way, if you said “play Nirvana on the patio,” you could add “turn the volume up to 5” to increase the volume without having to repeat the location or artist again.

One of the biggest selling points with Josh is that you don’t have to learn how to say the exact right command to achieve your intended outcome. Josh understands different nicknames for rooms, devices, and scenes so you can speak naturally and enjoy an intuitive, straightforward smart home experience.

Increased Data Privacy

These days, data privacy is more important than ever. Many home owners are hesitant to use voice controlled smart home systems due to concerns about how their information is recorded and shared. With Josh, you can rest assured that you and your loved ones are always protected. Privacy is of the absolute greatest concern to the creators of Josh.ai. Unlike other voice control assistants, Josh.ai processes and stores data locally and only goes to the cloud when communicating with other cloud-based systems or to learn references to shows, music, etc. Additionally, Josh.ai will never sell your data and even gives you total control over how much information it collects.

Luxury Smart Home Centered Service

Like we mentioned earlier, one of the biggest benefits for Josh.ai is that it’s specifically designed to improve the luxury smart home experience. The system integrates seamlessly with leading home automation systems like Control4, Crestron and Lutron as well as devices from Sonos, Sony, Samsung, and more. Josh even “learns” your daily routines and preferences to help automate the processes. Prefer to have your lights dimmed at 9pm or your window shades opened in the morning to let the sunlight in? Josh’s intuitive AI technology will take note of that and adjust your systems for you so that you don’t have to ask.

Josh is also room aware – another unique benefit versus many other voice control programs – which means you can say a simple “lights on” command while standing in the living room, and it will know to turn them on in just the living room. It even comes with an app for both iPhones and Androids that makes controlling your system from anywhere in the world a breeze. Use voice commands through the app or navigate a beautiful and intuitive interface to command rooms, devices, and scenes with a touch while you’re out of the house.

Experience a smarter, more intuitive way to control your smart home by voice with Josh.ai. To learn more about this technology, contact the San Antonio home automation experts here or give us a call at 210-404-9838 today!