Does it feel like there’s simply never enough hours in the day?  These days, most people feel like they don’t have enough time to plan and execute big changes due to long workdays, busy family life, and jam packed schedules. Lucky for you, there are plenty of ways to use smart home and home automation technologies to help save time and make your day more balanced and productive. 

One such option is installing a Control4 smart home automation system in your home. Control4 works for you by automating daily functions around your San Antonio and Hill Country home and providing intuitive ways to operate your home in seconds—no matter where you are. Let our team show you all the ways that a smart home system from Control4 can optimize your to-do list and free up space in your day.

Schedule Everything

One of the best features about Control4 is how easy it makes personalization. The online platform even offers a simple “When – Then” interface, meaning that certain actions can be triggered by others. For example, you can automate your home turning on your living room lights when you unlock the front door after a certain time, or you can set the window shades to automatically close at nightfall. Control4 makes it simple to create multiple stages and triggers, so you can customize and automate to your heart’s content. You can save a surprising amount of time by automating your lights, shades, thermostats, door locks, and more based on your lifestyle and schedule.

Set Up Whole-Home Scenes

Sometimes, having things on a schedule isn’t really practical. Don’t worry, you don’t have to rely on scheduling to get the time-saving benefits of your Control4 system. Control4 offers “scenes” that send multiple commands at a time across multiple devices.

Let’s say you want to start your day with a jolt of energy, but you don’t want to have it scheduled every morning. With the Control4 app or keypad, you can create a “Wake Up” scene that turns on selected lights, starts your coffee maker, opens the window blinds, and plays music across your whole-home audio system. Alternatively, you could create a “Good Night” scene that would automatically lock all the doors, arm the home security system, and set the thermostat to the cool, soothing temperature you like for sleeping. With scenes, nearly any combination is possible, so feel free to be as creative as you’d like.

Use Your Voice

Control4 not only makes it simple to create personalized smart home schedules and scenes, but it also gives you a variety of ways to control your system, too. One of the most popular among smart-home owners is voice control.

Voice control is an extremely useful way to operate your smart home if you’re in the middle of a task, have you hands full, or simply don’t want to move from your current position on the couch to find the Neeo remote or your smart phone. Simply say a command to your voice control assistant nearby—all of the major smart home assistants like Alexa, Google, Siri, or Josh will work. Tell your virtual assistant to activate a smart home scene, brighten the lights in the kitchen, turn on a movie in the media room, bring up camera footage on your TV of who’s at the door, and so much more.

Let Control4 help save you time so that you can spend more time on yourself. If you’re ready to bring Control4 to your home, contact Dominion to get started today!