Home Automation with Switchmate

5 Ways to a Smarter Light Switch

1/13/2017

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We love adding smart products to our homes to make life easier. When I moved into my house 3 years ago, I was looking for a product that would simply turn on a light switch for me. I didn't want to rewire or get a smart bulb, I just wanted a device to physically move the switch for me. I even drew up my own ideas on how it would work.

Well, a few months ago I found the product does exist! It's called Switchmate, and it in fact, it simply turns a light switch on and off. It does it using bluetooth and the setup couldn't be simpler.

Check out 5 ways to use Switchmate in your home today!

5 ways you can use the smart device, Switchmate, in your home today! Add a little Home Automation using your phone and bluetooth.

You can buy Switchmate on Amazon or the product website.

They are available for toggle or rocker switches.

1) If you can't replace a specialty bulb with a "smart" bulb, place a Switchmate on the switch to remotely control it. Now this florescent light can be remotely controlled to come on before I enter my garage.

To set up Switchmate, download the app, then follow the step by step instructions.

2) Outdoor lights, that don't have timers or smart bulbs, can be controlled via the Switchmate app to automatically come on at night and go off in the morning.

3) Move Switchmate to switches you use seasonally like an overhead fan...

...or a switch operated fire in the winter...all controllable from the comfort of your couch!

4) How about those awkward placed switches? Switchmate makes it easy to turn them on and off.

5) Remotely turn off kids' room lights after they've gone to sleep...

...or help someone with limited mobility to access hard to reach lights with Switchmate.

Magnets on the back of Switchmate holds it securely to the existing screws on a switch plate. No tools needed to install the device.

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