AmaHhobhu angu-7 aphezulu ama-smart okuthenga ku-2018

Lawula wonke amagajethi akho smart kusuka endaweni eyodwa elula

Ukulawula ukukhiya kwedijithali, izinhlelo zokukhanya, imishini noma ngisho nokushisa manje kungenziwa ngqo kwi-smartphone yakho noma ngezwi lezwi lakho. Futhi ukugxilisa konke lokhu buchwepheshe yi-hub smart. Ihabhu elihlakaniphile linikeza abasebenzisi abangamakhulu, uma kungenjalo izinkulungwane, kwemithetho eyenziwe ngezifiso ezidingekayo ngokuqondile. Ngakho-ke noma ngabe ufuna ukuvula umculo egumbini lokuphumula, vala izibani ekamelweni lokudlela noma uphakamise i-AC ekamelweni lokulala, i-hub smart ikuvumela ukuthi ukwenze konke kusuka endaweni eyodwa elula (ngakho-ke 'asifinyeleli amathani wezinhlelo zokusebenza ezahlukene). Udinga usizo ukuthola okulungile? Nasi uhlu lwethu lwama-smart hubs amahle kakhulu emakethe namuhla.

I-SmartThings Hub ye-Samsung iyisistimu ehlakaniphile ethola njalo izibuyekezo zesofthiwe, ngakho uhlu lwamakhemikhali angasetshenziswa kumadivayisi angaphezu kuka-200. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ufuna ukulawulwa okunzima noma imiyalo elula, izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-Android ze-Android ne-iOS ezitholakalayo noma i-Amazon Echo ivumela i-SmartThings Hub ukulawula noma iyiphi idivayisi ngamarediyo we-Wi-Fi, i-Z-Wave noma i-ZigBee. Ekugcineni, lokhu kusho ukulawula ngokuxhumeka kwe-Samsung Home appliances, i-Ecobee thermostat, i-Philips Hue izibani zokukhanya nokuningi okuningi.

Ukusetha kuyisimo se-snap, noma ngabe awunalo ulwazi oluhle, nakuba kufanelekile ukuphawula iHub idinga ikhebula le-Ethernet ukusebenza. Uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Samsung lwe-SmartThings Hub luyinkimbinkimbi enembile futhi luvumela ukulawula okuqondile kumadivaysi axhunyiwe ngabanye, kanye "nemizila" yokulungiselelwa kwedivayisi esethiwe. Ukulinganisa u-4.2 x 4.9 x 1.3 amasentimitha, uHubhu iyahambelana ngokwanele ukuze ivumelane cishe noma kuphi. I-Samsung iphakamisa i-ante ngokufaka i-SmartApps yayo ehlanganisa iHubhu ekhona ngezici ezengeziwe ezifana nokuvula isikhwama samandla smart uma inzwa yomnyango ivuliwe.

I-Amazon Echo Dot inenani eliphansi kakhulu ngaphansi kwamanye amaHlubhu e-Smart ngaphandle kokusebenza okungalahleki. Ngenkathi engenazo isikhulumi esikhulu kunabantwana bakithi abadala, imakrofoni ebhodini ingakwazi ukuqoqa amazwi avela ekamelweni, ngenxa yamakhomphyutha ayisikhombisa asekude. Amandla we-Dot ahamba kahle ngaphandle kokuyala i-pizza; ingabeka ama-alamu, funda izingqikithi zezindaba, izikolo zezemidlalo nemibiko yesimo sezulu nokuningi. Ukwengezwa kokufakwayo komsindo we-3.5mm kwanezela ukusebenza kokukwazi ukuxhuma kuzipikha noma i-headphones ngokulalela umculo. Ukulinganisa i-1.3 x 3.3 x 3.3 amasentimitha, i-Echo Dot ihlangene ngempela ngokwanele ukuze ifanelane cishe noma kuphi kunoma iyiphi indawo.

Ukusetha nge-Echo Dot kulula njengokusetshenziswa kwayo. Vele uyixube odongeni uma ifika, landa uhlelo lokusebenza le-Android noma i-Alexa bese ulandela izikhombisi-skrini. Uma usu-intanethi, imiyalo yezwi elula izobeka i-Echo Dot ukuyisebenzisa, kuhlanganise nokushintsha ukushisa ku-Nest thermostat yakho. Ngisho nekhono layo lokulawula amathelevishini, izibani, abalandeli kanye nabanye abenzi bekhofi, i-Amazon ithatha izinto ezisekelwe nge-Amazon "Amakhono" nokusekelwa kwe-third party ukwesekwa lapho isibhakabhaka singumkhawulo wokusetshenziswa kwayo okuhlukile.

Igama elidume kakhulu kumdlalo we-Smart Hub, i-Amazon Echo, inikeza isici esihle kakhulu sesici esihlanganisa isikhulumi se-360-degree omnidirectional somsindo. Leso sikhulumi sisebenza kahle ngokusekela wonke amasevisi wakho omculo ozithandayo, okufaka phakathi i-Amazon Prime Music, Spotify, Pandora, IHeartRadio nokuningi, okulawulwa yizwi lakho. Uma ufuna ukwenza ucingo, lokho akuyona inkinga. Vele ucele i-Alexa ukuthi ifonele noma uthumele umlayezo. Okungeziwe, njengokufunda izindaba nokubika kwezimoto, isimo sezulu noma izikolo zezemidlalo, futhi, kodwa zihamba ziqhathaniswa uma ziqhathaniswa nokulawula izibani, abalandeli, ukushintsha, ama-thermostats, iminyango yegaraji noma ngisho nokuvala iminyango.

Ukwengezwa kwe-"Amakhono" we-Amazon "kunikeza ukwesekwa okuthuthukisiwe komthuthukisi wesithathu ovumela i-Echo ukuthi ibenze kahle futhi ingeza izici ezintsha ezidalwe umphakathi womsebenzisi. Ukulinganisa 5.8 x 3.4 x 3.4 amasentimitha, i-Echo ithatha ikamelo elincane kakhulu kodwa lidinga amandla e-AC, ngakho ukubekwa kwi-countertop, idesksi noma ishalofu kulungile. Ngezingxenye ezingeziwe ezifana ne-subwoofer engu-2.5-inch noma i-tweeter ezimbili-intshi, umsindo uzwakala kahle. Futhi uxhumano lwe-Wi-Fi luyiqhawe eliqinile, ngenxa ye-double-band, ukwesekwa kwe-double-antenna ne-MU-MIMO ubuchwepheshe bokusakaza umculo ngokushesha.

I-Wink 2 iyinhlangano ye-smart-generation yesizukulwane sesibili esixhuma kwinani elimangalisayo lamagajethi, kufaka phakathi i-Amazon, i-Google Home, iZ-Wave, iZigbee, i-Lutron Clear Connect namadivayisi we-Kidde we-Amazon. Ngaphakathi kwe-Wink kanye ne-sleekly yayo eyenzelwe i-7.25 x 7.25 x 1.75-inch ifreyimu yomsakazo onamandla we-Wi-Fi kanye ne-Ethernet yokuxhumeka kwe-intanethi eqinile. Ngenhlanhla, ukukhululeka kokusetha kufana nekhwalithi yeklamo yayo, ngenxa yesicelo se-smartphone eqondile kokubili i-Android ne-iOS. Ngemizuzu engaphansi kwemihlanu uzoxhunyaniswa kumadivayisi smart ezifana ne-Philips Hue ukukhanya, i-Ecobee thermostats noma ikhamera ye-Nest.

Izici ezine eziyinhloko (ukulawula, ukuzenzekelayo, ukuqapha kanye nesimiso) nxazonke ukusabalalisa okugcwele kweWink 2 kwamakhono. Konke kuqhathanisiwe, phakathi kwalawo misebenzi emine, i-Wink 2 ingakwazi ukusekela amadivayisi angafika ku-530 ahlanganiswe kanyekanye ngokuhlanganiswa okunamandla. Ukwengeza, ama-Plug we-Wink Relay athengwe ngokwehlukana ngqo odongeni lwakho avumela ukulawula wonke amadivaysi alungiselele i-Wink ngaphandle kwe-smartphone.

I-Logitech ye-Harmony Hub ayiyona ihabhu lakho elijwayelekile le-smart, kodwa lihambisana namadivayisi angaphezu kuka-270,000. Ngokusetha okulula okungakuthola ku-intanethi futhi kuxhunyiwe kumadivayisi angu-8 kungakapheli amaminithi, ihabhu le-Harmony lisebenza kahle nge-TV yakho, i-satellites, ibhokisi lekhebula, i-Blu-ray player, i-Apple TV, i-Roku, izidakamizwa zegeyimu nokuningi.

Ukudala imisebenzi eyenziwe ngokwezifiso kuyisimo sefriphu ngokusebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza lokuHarmony olulandiwe kokubili i-Android ne-iOS. Ukuthinta inkinobho ehlelwe ngaphambilini kuhlelo lokusebenza kungashintsha ngokushesha izibani zakho ze-Philips Hue, vula isikhulumi sakho esixhunyiwe ne-TV, uqalise i-Netflix futhi uvumele ubusuku busuku baqale ngokushesha ngokuchofoza okukodwa. Futhi i-Harmony Hub ihlanganisa i-Amazon Alexa ukweseka nokulawula izwi, ngakho ungenza lokhu nje ngokukhuluma. Ngaphandle kokulawula kwezwi, i-Logitech impela iphuma ngokulawula kwekhabhinethi evaliwe, okuyivumela ukuba ithumele imiyalo kumadivayisi axhunyiwe ngemilayezo ye-infrared engadingi ukuqondana komugqa oqondile.

Ngenkathi inganikeli ukubukeka okuhlanjululwe kwabancintisana bayo, i-VeraEdge Home Controller iyisixazululo esihle kumahhovisi. Ngokusekelwa kwamadivaysi angaphezu kuka-220 nganoma isiphi isikhathi, i-VeraEdge ixhuma kunoma iyiphi idivayisi esebenza nge-Wi-Fi ne-Z-Wave ubuchwepheshe, kuhlanganise ne-Nest, Kwikset, i-Philips Hue nokuningi. Ukungeza izilungiselelo zokuthinta eyodwa ekhaya, kude nobusuku kuvumela ukulawula okulula phezu kwamakhamera noma ukukhanyisa, kanye nokulungisa amazinga okushisa. Isicelo samahhala siyatholakala kuma-platforms amaningi, kuhlanganise kokubili i-Android ne-iOS, kanye nezixazululo ze-PC ne-Mac zokulawula okuphelele kunoma yisiphi isikhathi, noma kuphi. Ukwengeza amakhamera axhunyiwe kuzonikeza ukuthula kwengqondo okulula ngaphandle kwamahora ehhovisi futhi kungathumela izaziso zokucindezela ngqo kwi-smartphone yakho uma ngabe kukhona umsebenzi ongavamile otholwa. Ukulinganisa kuphela 3.74 x 4.57 x 1.73 amasentimitha, i-VeraEdge ifihliwe kalula kwideskithophu noma eshalofini futhi, ngaphandle kwemali yenyanga noma izinkontileka ezidingekayo, amabhizinisi azothanda ukusebenziseka kalula nokuhlanganiswa okukhulu kokuxhumeka kwedivayisi.

Ukudonsa umsebenzi ophindwe kabili njenge-router ne-home home automation hub, i-Securfi Almond 3 iyisetshenziswa esinqunyiwe esinqunyiwe. Ukusebenza njenge-Wi-Fi router kanye ne-Wi-Fi Extender, i-Almond 3 ingakwazi ukusingatha isisindo esingu-867 Mbps kwi-band ye-5GHz iphinde ibe yi-300 Mbps ku-2.4GHz band, ehlanganisa isikhala esingaphezu kuka-1 300 square.

Ngaphandle kokusebenza kwayo njengomzila, i-Almond 3 iqala ngokuboniswa kwayo ebhodini esithembisa ukukusebenza futhi isebenze kungakapheli imizuzu emithathu. Izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-Android ezitholakalayo ze-Android noma ze-iOS zisebenza eceleni kwekhonsoli e-Web ngokuhlanganisa ngokushesha imikhiqizo ye-hub smart usebenzisa i-Zigbee, i-Z-Wave (i-adapter ethengiswa ngokwehlukana) nezinketho zokuxhumanisa kwe-Wi-Fi. Imikhiqizo ehlakaniphile njenge-Philips Hue lightsbulbs, ukufakwa komkhiqizo we-Nest noma izikhulumi ze-Echo ze-Amazon zisebenza ngendlela ongayilindela ngayo ngenkathi uvumela ukusabalala okugcwele kokusebenza kusuka kumabili amadivayisi ahlakaniphile. Izici ze-geo-targeting ze-Almond 3 zingcono kunamanye amamodeli we-smart hub, ngenxa yokulandelela okuzenzekelayo kwe-Wi-Fi yesignali yakho yefoni, ngakho-ke ingakwazi ukuvula noma ukuvala ngokushesha ukuthi usuvele ukhethwe ngaphambilini.

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