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Announces distribution with Best Buy online for ConnectSense lineup of products NAPERVILLE, Ill. – (December 28, 2015) – Grid Connect is expanding its best-selling line of ConnectSense home automation products by launching two new Bluetooth Low Energy enabled sensors for temperature/humidity and water detection. Both sensors feature support for Apple HomeKit, enabling users to monitor and control these devices easily and securely using Siri on their...
HomeKit brings the power, security, and ease-of-use of your iPhone into your home, just in time for the holidays! HomeKit is Apple's home automation hub and it lets you control any compatible lights, plugs, thermostats, sensors, alarms, locks, and other connected devices with a tap of your iPhone or—thanks to Siri—the sound of your voice. Better still, it does so...
NAPERVILLE, IL--(Marketwired - Oct 22, 2015) - Homeowners and renters looking to inexpensively automate their homes now can turn traditional devices into smart devices with the ConnectSense Smart Outlet, manufactured by Grid Connect. The Smart Outlet is a thoughtful tech gift for gadget lovers, frequent travelers and Apple fans. The Smart Outlet fits over any existing, standard North American electrical outlet....
The depiction of technology in entertainment gives us an idea of how we want to make our lives better. Whether it is a home that greets you when you get home and prepares you pizza in three seconds like in Back to the Future or by using a replicator like in Star Trek. My favorite futuristic society though is depicted in The Jetsons. The Jetsons takes...
CES 2015 put into perspective for us at Grid Connect and ConnectSense just how many companies are fighting to get into the smart home space. Even more specifically, CES put into perspective just how many companies were creating smart outlets/plugs/sockets/etc. to introduce to the marketplace alongside our own ConnectSense Smart Outlet. The question we got over-and-over again at the Grid Connect booth was, “well, how...
Announced alongside iOS 8 at last year's Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple's HomeKit software aims to put its own spin on home automation. Using HomeKit as a framework, developers can link up iOS products to communicate with home appliances, such as thermostats, light bulbs and garage openers. While the initial framework of HomeKit was unveiled alongside the release of iOS in September 2014, manufacturers have...