A Case for the Functional Gateway
A gateway should be the most simple and obvious device that an everyday home automation user can find a use for. It should be a smart home user's first real experience with home automation and make them want to add more products to communicate with that gateway. While a typical gateway has no use other than to allow devices to communicate between devices and the Internet, a functional gateway is a product that a homeowner could use daily.
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