My Smart Home for Seniors

by Michael Miller (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2017

  $21.14

  This full-color introduction to the smart home has been written from the ground up with one audience in mind: seniors. No ordinary beginner's book, My Smart Home for Seniors approaches every topic from a 50+ person's point of view, using meaningful, realistic examples.

  Full-color, step-by-step tasks-in legible print-walk you through making your home safer and easier to live in using smart technology. Learn how to:
  
  * Control your home's lighting with smart bulbs and switches
  * Make your home more secure with smart doorbells, door locks, and security cameras
  * Automatically control your home's temperature with a smart thermostat
  * Make cooking and cleaning easier with smart appliances
  * Use voice commands or your smart phone to control your smart devices
  * Use If This Then That (IFTTT) to make your smart devices interact with each other automatically
  * Get smart about the security and privacy concerns of smart devices
  * Set up your smart devices and get them to work with one another
  * Compare and select the best smart hub for your smart home needs
  * Learn to use Amazon Alexa (TM), Google Home (TM) and other voice-activated devices, as well as Apple's HomeKit (TM) on the iPhone, to make your smart devices work together