How to use Smart Switches in your Smart Home

There are a lot of things that you can use to trigger automations, but the last thing you want is for your automation to start your morning routine before you're ready.

This is where a smart button is perfect. Keep one by your bed within easy reach, and when you're finally ready to start the day, you can press the button to start your morning routine. Pressing the button might start your coffee machine, slowly open your blinds, put on some relaxing music, and even get your smart speaker to tell you what events are on your calendar for that day. With a single push of a button, you're ready to start your day.

Late Night Control Without Waking Everyone

Smart buttons can also be very helpful at the opposite end of the day. When it's time for bed, there are a lot of things you might want to happen, such as turning off the lights, locking your front door, closing the blinds, powering off your smart plugs, and more.

Running these automations from a voice command is easy enough to do, but if everyone else is asleep, having to shout at your voice assistant isn't ideal. Using a smart button means that with one press, you can do everything you need to do now that the day is over. You can even use the same smart button that you use in the morning, with the actions that it performs changing depending on the time of day.

Smart Buttons Are Perfect for Kids

The beauty of a smart button is that it's about as simple as a smart device can get. Even young children know how to press a button, so it's an ideal option for giving your kids control over their smart devices.

I have an automation for my kids that slowly dims the smart light bulbs in their room until they're off and plays the playlist of relaxing music that they like to listen to as they go to sleep. When they're finished reading, they don't need to get out of bed to turn off the light; they just press the smart button next to their bed, and the automation starts to run. During the night, the same button will turn on the light to a low level if they need to get up to use the bathroom.