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Smart Home and Outdoor Entertainment Integration
July 12th, 2022
You may have invested in a smart home, but do your home automation control systems extend to your outdoor spaces? If you love the outdoors and love having friends over, then a fully automated outdoor entertainment area is a must, complete with atmospheric lighting and audio visuals systems, all at the touch of a button.
We are here to make smart technology solutions for your garden spaces as simple as possible and help you to customise all outdoor entertainment tech the way you want it. However, before you can escape to your patio to relax or move the party outside, it’s important to consider the following points for seamless outdoor living.
Is your outdoor entertainment equipment weatherproof?
Needless to say, any entertainment system, from lighting to outdoor TV and audio systems, must be able to withstand the elements, rain or shine. Fear not, we are here to help you choose the elements from leading brands that meet your needs and budget.
Are your outdoor gadgets compatible with your home automation control system?
To make your life as easy as possible and ensure that all indoor and outdoor technologies are fully integrated, it’s important to make sure that any outdoor systems are compatible with your existing control system. With control systems such as Control4, the possibilities are endless.
Do you have power sources and connectivity networks in place for your smart outdoor technology?
In order to function and connect with your smart control system, outdoor audio visual, lighting and other entertainment systems require power and connectivity. In order to stream video, or enjoy excellent audio quality outside, in addition to the right power source, a strong Wi-Fi network connection is required.
Veritais have the expertise and experience to install the infrastructures to provide the safest and best possible power and connectivity for your outdoor technology, ensuring that the quality of your smart home experience remains the same inside or out.
Bespoke Outdoor Entertainment
Smart outdoor systems present different challenges to indoor systems, hence why a bespoke approach is always required for you to enjoy the best experience, and ensure that automation is set up in a way that works for you.
Depending on the landscape of your garden or outdoor space, your audio visual and lighting requirements will be very different. For example, to provide an even distribution of high definition audio throughout the space, a variety of speakers may be required, including wall mounted, landscape, or even underground level speakers.
You should also consider how lighting systems can enhance your space, making it appear bigger, or even more intimate, based on the ambience you are trying to create. Low and high level outdoor lighting can combine to set the perfect mood. With smart systems like Control4, lighting can be completely automated, allowing you to switch from relaxation to party mode at the flick of a switch, or even time your patio lights to come on just in time for sunset.
Outdoor Entertainment Zones
If you have programmed your smart home technology into zones within your home to help create different environments, you can also do the same for your outdoor spaces. With automation, you can create quieter zones, or even create spaces where different audio or visual content is streaming – for example, why not create a separate zone to keep the kids happy?
Don’t want anyone to miss out on the action whilst they step inside? With smart home integration, indoor and outdoor systems can be automated to provide the same entertainment. Have you designated indoors as a relaxation space? Automate your smart systems to provide softer lighting and soothing sounds, with heating or air conditioning set to a comfortable temperature.
Smart Home Installation
For expert advice, design and installation of smart home systems and outdoor entertainment areas in Birmingham and the Midlands, including Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, Tamworth and further afield, you can contact our expert team. Talk to us about your requirements and we will work with you to create the perfect garden entertainment space that seamlessly integrates with your home automation control systems.
