My Smart Home for Seniors (My...)

by Michael Miller

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Winner, Bronze Award, APEX 2018 and 2018 INDIES Book of the Year Honorable Mention/Health


This full-color introduction to the smart home has been written from the ground up with one audience in mind: seniors. No ordinary "beginner's book," My Smart Home for Seniors approaches every topic from a 50+ person's point of view, using meaningful, realistic examples.

 

Full-color, step-by-step tasks–in legible print–walk 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

  • ISBN10 0789759896
  • ISBN13 9780789759894
  • Publish Date 18 July 2017 (first published 19 June 2017)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Pearson Education (US)
  • Imprint Que Corporation,U.S.
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 384
  • Language English