My Smart Home for Seniors

This full-color introduction to the smart home has been written from the ground up with one audience in mind: seniors. No ordinary "e,beginners book,"e, My Smart Home for Seniors approaches every topic from a 50+ persons point of view, using meaningful, realistic examples. Full-color, step-by-step tasksin legible printwalk you through making your home safer and easier to live in using smart technology. Learn how to: *, Control your home's lighting with smart bulbs and switches*, Make your home more secure with smart doorbells, door locks, and security cameras*, Automatically control your home's temperature with a smart thermostat*, Make cooking and cleaning easier with smart appliances*, Use voice commands or your smart phone to control your smart devices*, Use If This Then That (IFTTT) to make your smart devices interact with each other automatically*, Get smart about the security and privacy concerns of smart devices*, Set up your smart devices and get them to work with one another*, Compare and select the best smart hub for your smart home needs*, Learn to use Amazon Alexa, Google Home and other voice-activated devices, as well as Apple's HomeKit on the iPhone, to make your smart devices work together