Nobody likes coming home to a dark and cold house, so don’t! Now you can have your hallway lights and more come on as soon as you open the garage door, or even as soon as you pull onto your driveway. How about your Sonos speakers playing a welcome home message or switching on your favorite radio station as you open the door?
Using your phone location to trigger lights, etc. is called GeoFencing and is rapidly becoming a standard feature in a modern smarthome. Systems such as the Philips Hue lights, Nest and Ecobee thermostats, and Lutron light switches all include some form of geofencing, with Lutron also able to control your Sonos speakers.
For more fine control we recommend installing door sensors that trigger actions using your smarthome hub or one of the many linking services now available (IFTTT, Stringify, etc.).
Coming home may never feel the same again!
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