Controlling Your Home From Your Phone With Hive

Before nosotros moved into our dwelling (the i nosotros affectionately telephone phone Green Acres) my In-laws lived hither (hear the sum storey here!). As we’ve been tardily renovating the home, we’ve been adding to a greater extent than too to a greater extent than technology, from specialized speakers to a Google Home device. I’ve ever institute it ironic that 2 of the to the lowest degree tech-savvy people I know built a dwelling that is at i time has to a greater extent than high-tech features than the residuum of our friends too family! I’m alone thinking almost this because we’ve added a few to a greater extent than awesome features to the dwelling this week. You tin endure controlling your dwelling from your telephone inwards no fourth dimension too!

Have y'all heard of Hive? They are a leading smart dwelling build inwards the Great Britain that late launched inwards North America, too I’m taking sum advantage! If you’ve ever wanted to bring a “smart” home, this is in all probability the easiest way to start! You tin easily fellowship a Starter Pack from Amazon which comes amongst everything y'all need.

You’ll bring a Hive hub inwards your starter pack which y'all only plug into your router. Once the hub is plugged in, y'all tin showtime controlling your dwelling from your smart phone!

We started past times putting Hive low-cal bulbs into our primary living room light too entry.

Hive low-cal bulbs are amazing! Not alone are they controlled on your phone, but y'all tin add together scheduling to the lights. For example, y'all tin laid upwards your low-cal to come upwards on automatically at 6pm only earlier y'all instruct dwelling from run or y'all tin laid upwards your entry low-cal to plough on when the front end door is opened, if it’s nighttime exterior (YES! You CAN build all those selections! And nosotros did!). You tin run into Hive low-cal bulbs at the travel past times of our dark entry door below (the niggling white rectangle).

You tin also withdraw whether y'all desire a warm white or a cool white inwards Hive low-cal bulbs, only past times switching the dial on your phone.

Here’s our living room bulb amongst the cool white…

…. too here’s our bulb amongst the warm white on. BAH! I LOVE it!

Another cracking characteristic of Hive low-cal bulbs, is that y'all tin laid upwards it to country y'all every fourth dimension somebody opens or closes the door. Which agency that every fourth dimension my kids endeavour to sneak out to their playground on our novel county property, I instruct notified. Sorry kiddos!

I’m currently using Hive low-cal bulbs (which turns on too off at the touching of a button) for a hanging low-cal inwards our bedroom. I dear beingness able to plough it on too off without getting out of bed! But I innovation to deed this i at Christmas time, because I would endure able to command my Christmas tree lights amongst it likewise – genius!

I’ve ever been a fan of a high tech home, but when it also saves me money?? Controlling my lights from anywhere is going to cut our bills too build my dutch married adult man happy!

This is a sponsored conversation written past times me on behalf of Hive. The opinions too text are all mine.