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 "e;beginner's book,"e; 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