My Smart Home for Seniors

Winner, Bronze Award, APEX 2018 and 2018 INDIES Book of the Year Honorable Mention/Health

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 tasksin legible printwalk 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, Google Home and other voice-activated devices, as well as Apple's HomeKit on the iPhone, to make your smart devices work together

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