Home is one of the places where we spend many hours of the day, where we rest and try to keep everything in the best possible order. Technology has served to improve the quality of our lives.So much so that thanks to it we can control almost everything with our mobile device if we want.
At your disposal we put the 6 best apps to manage the smart home from your Android device, some of them are versatile as they can be connected to multiple things. If you want to be able to turn the light on or off, operate the television, program the washing machine and much more, these are your options.
Home+Control
An interesting application when it comes to having everything domotized is Home + Control, known for being behind Legrand, a well-known manufacturer of connectors, push buttons and many other things. The tool is synchronized with its own things, since it usually regulates things that you can connect to.
At the time of the connected home, it has thermostats, netatmo for energy and security, wired and wireless products, connected electrical panels and more. Legrand through this app will allow you to use it and connect or disconnect things you want just by opening the application on our device, click on what you want to turn on/off and that's it.
Until the control of the blinds, among other things, such as lower or raise the lighting, requires an Internet connection if you want to connect and manage everything from the same environment. The interface is easy to use, it is also in white and you will have everything in sight. More than 100.000 downloads.
Google Home
It is known for being an excellent utility when it comes to having the house completely full of home automation, yes, you have to buy things from the firm, as well as compatible lights and others. Google Home will let us turn on light bulbs, control a smart speaker, but also other things.
Thanks to Google Home we can manage a lot of things, including cameras, thermostats, lights, speakers like Nest, it's not the only thing, you can also see through it if you have a video camera connected. Another product that is manageable is Google Chromecast, having access to the control directly.
Imagine being able to play a song with one of the speakers from the manufacturer Google, open YouTube and put on your favorite theme, turn off a light a few meters away, dim it, do tasks without moving, and more. Google Home is one of the apps with the most downloads behind it, more than 100 million.
Amazon Alexa
Google Home's direct competition is called Amazon Alexa, is an application just as simple and will allow the handling of almost anything from the ecommerce giant. Thanks to Alexa we can, for example, connect to smart speakers, lights if they are connected to the application and more gadgets.
Imagine being able to give orders, including being able to tune in to a station, play a video quickly with our voice or the keyboard, turn off a light if you are away from home and other tasks. The app is easy to configure, connect each device through it and see managing anything connected.
The interface is friendly, we do not need more than a main menu, a few settings and our voice, you don't need a keyboard if you want to decide what that speaker is going to do at a specific time. Turn things on and off that are paired and other features just by installing Amazon Alexa on your mobile device or tablet.
SmartThings
Thanks to SmartThings you can connect and control smart devices from the manufacturer Samsung, be it LED bulbs, televisions, smart watches, brand purifiers and even Buds headphones. The application is simple, it adds an interesting and lightweight interface, since it doesn't require a lot of space for its installation.
SmartThings has been debugged throughout the updates, now the connection, whether at home or away from it, will only take about five seconds maximum. Like other apps, it connects to some off-brand devices, although it does not work as well as its official application.
You will be able to monitor things with SmartThings, if you connect to a phone camera, operate a television just by connecting the application and using the virtual remote that comes as standard. The app has already been downloaded by almost all the manufacturer's users, it currently exceeds 500 million downloads.
Homey — A better smart home
Access Homey from anywhere in the world with this Android app suitable for mobile phones and tablets. This is an app with a lot of features, although there is also a Homey Pro version available. You need a Homey (Pro) to use this app, at least to use all the available features, which are quite a few (it is capable of handling thousands of products).
Homey connects with more than 50.000 smart devices from more than 1.000 different brands, including Google, Samsung, Amazon, LG, HiSense, Toshiba, etc. It is designed to handle all home automation, all with a simple interface, which is quickly paired with gadgets and other products, including any television.
The Home app in its basic version has the ability to pair with a maximum of 15 devices, while the Pro version does it with more than 50 at a time. To this is added a virtual controller with which you can get hold of everything and have everything unified. The app has been downloaded by more than 100.000 people on Android.
Smart Life – Smart Living
Take control of household appliances thanks to Smart Life, an interesting free application available on the Play Store for several years. The app is an interesting utility, as it connects with different manufacturers and well-known brands in the market, including TCL (known for phones, televisions and more).
Voice control works with Amazon Echo and Google Assistant, it gives the possibility of adding new devices to the list, as well as seeing the compatible ones, which are expanding over the months. Connect the app and automatically connect with those devices matched.
