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How To Make A Smart Apartment In Indianapolis

January 04, 2023
Kitchen with a white island and brown cupboards at Penrose On Mass Apartments

Smart devices are now quite prevalent in Indianapolis houses. Many electronics and appliances come with smart connectivity to make life even easier. But you shouldn’t feel that you have to pass on modern tech if you reside in an apartment. You might not be allowed to update the electrical wiring of your apartment for smart components, but you can still find various gadgets to make your apartment smart in Indianapolis.

Utilize Smart Plugs To Manage Lights And Other Home Equipment From Anywhere

If you’re wondering how to make a smart apartment in Indianapolis, begin with smart plugs. They plug into your existing electrical outlets, and then you attach your electrical components. ​​Now you can power them on or off via an app on your phone when you’re not home or you would rather not walk to another room of your spacious apartment to flip a switch. Shut down the bedroom lighting without leaving the bed. Turn off the power to hard-to-reach electrical components when heading out of town. You are even able to schedule lamps or other lighting to activate at certain times to make it seem like you’re there when you aren’t.

Manage Just About Anything Through A Smart Speaker

Woman sitting on a sofa beside a smart speaker on a coffee table

The next important gadget for making your apartment smart in Indianapolis is a smart speaker. You control smart speakers by speaking to the AI assistant programmed in your speaker. The virtual assistant responds when you want to know the day’s forecast and is capable of following directives like when you ask it to start playing a certain playlist.

You are also able to take advantage of your smart speaker to manage other smart components. Ask it to turn on certain lights when you arrive home for the day, flip on the television for your children when you’re busy cooking, or power off a smart plug somewhere else in your apartment.

Direct The Lights In Your Place With Smart Bulbs

Pendant lights hanging in a kitchen and living room at One One Six Apartments

When using smart light bulbs in every one of your lamps, you are able to add convenience to your life by controlling the lights in your Indianapolis apartment by using the sound of your voice or a press of your finger. Smart bulbs interact with your smart speaker’s virtual assistant and your cell phone app. So as an alternative to traipsing room to room turning on or off lights, you may simply give the command “Turn off lights!” to shut them down before you leave for the day, or just utilize your smartphone to tell smart bulbs to darken, brighten, and even switch colors to suit your preferences at the time.
 

Maintain A Close Watch On Everything With Smart Surveillance

Exterior view of an apartment building at City Flats Apartments

Even if you live in the safest neighborhood around, your apartment’s security is still of vital importance. And while you aren’t allowed to hook up a wired security system inside your apartment, some smart surveillance cameras will help you feel more secure. Wireless surveillance devices use batteries for power and deliver video footage to your cell phone. Security cameras scare off intruders and supply real verification if a break-in does occur.

Smart cameras do more than protect against crime, though. If you make your home in a pet-friendly property, you can look after Fido with your smart camera while you’re working. Or if you have young ones, being able to observe them provides enhanced peace of mind when they’re in bed.

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