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For years, the best smart locks have been trying to get rid of keys, but the experience often falls short of the simplicity of a key. Sure, you could use the PIN pad to unlock the door, but, personally, inputting a PIN always feels like an easy way for someone to gain easy access by watching you tap (or looking at the fingerprints on that shiny keypad). Smartphone entry is a great alternative especially when locks like the August Wi-Fi Smart Lock will automatically unlock when you re in range but that, of course, requires you to have your phone on your person, making it no better than a key that can be left in the house accidentally.
5 Smart Home Tricks That Are Actually Impressive
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Going to the effort of setting up a smart home just so you can turn your lights on and off from your phone may not seem like the best use of your time and resources, but with the right gear and apps you can put together some routines that really will impress family, friends, and occasional Airbnb guests. Here are five of our favourites.
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The Google Assistant is an ever-evolving digital assistant from Google, and it already has a ton of commands that you can use to get things done. And in this post, we’ll be listing every single command that you can give the Google Assistant.
These commands will work on any Google Assistant device. Whether that’s a Nest Mini, Nest Hub Max, your Android smartphone, or even your Chromebook. As the Google Assistant is mostly the same across the entire platform. The biggest difference is whether it has a display or not. So on a Nest Mini, you’ll only get an audio response, while on a Nest Hub Max, you will get a visual response as well.
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