Why Hardwiring Is Essential for Smart Homes in New Builds
When planning a new custom home in Toronto or the GTA, one of the most important (yet often overlooked) elements is how your smart home system will be wired. At Dana Smart Homes, we specialize in Control4 smart home automation, and we always advise our clients: hardwiring your home is not optional—it’s essential. Whether you’re […]
How to Set Up Alexa: A Step by Step Guide
When moving to a new home, you’ll want to bring your favorite electronic devices with you. Getting everything set up can be time-consuming and frustrating, but it doesn’t have to be. One of the most popular consumer electronic products of the last few years is Amazon Alexa. It’s the fastest way to enjoy your favorite […]
Is Contactless Smart?
In the last few years, more and more devices have become smart. Alexa and Google Home being the two pioneer Voice Recognition software communicating with hundreds of devices such as Sonos for music, Lutron Caseta for lighting, etc. After the pandemic of COVID19 many people with ordinary needs prefer to have less contacts with switches, […]
Smart Home Automation: Do it yourself or not do it yourself?
Smart Gadgets are becoming extremely popular. Here in the city of Toronto and most probably in all of North America, smart doorbells, smart smoke detectors, smart cameras, and many other gadgets are in the first aisle when you enter Home Depot. As wireless technology gets improved, many of these devices are easy to configure. But […]
Should Smart Home Automation networks be wired or wireless?
It’s been years that most of our devices have become wireless. Even though the speed of data transfer was an issue in the beginning, after the evolution of 5G networks, you can get the speed in the range of Gigabits via wireless, at least in theory! So why do we still use wired networks? Why […]