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Real smart home systems are not the wireless gadgets that you often hear about that are available from many companies. Those products only offer part of the solution, like security system, lights, or air conditioning control. Additionally, they can only be used for small projects—typically those that do not exceed 4 to 5 rooms.

Culture and climate needs vary from country to country, so system needs and controllers are different. For example, the USA uses ducted-split with 24V thermostats in 80% of projects, while Mexico uses the mini-split more, which is also more popular in Southeast Asia, where 70% of air conditioning systems use this infrared-based system.

Moreover, in Europe, floor heating and radiator valve thermostats are widely used, while this technology is rarely used in the USA and or the Middle East.

Another difference is that while people in the Middle East love lights and may use tens of channels in each room, people in the USA usually use one light per room.

Also, priorities and needs for every customer vary from state to state and from house to house. While Audio Video Automation is of primary importance in California and Texas, security is more important in Africa and energy savings in Europe.

Accordingly, each manufacture tries to take the best share of its market. Thus, we found that USA manufacturers make better A/V systems than anyone in the world , while European brands are stronger in heating systems and lighting control.

We studied 100 of the best brands in the world of home automation, took into consideration every comparative aspect of the systems, and we assigned points based on each aspect.

We searched the oldest to the newest companies, got into every detail of the products, tested the software and checked the apps, read manuals, and tested the functionality of many products.

We checked the quality, prices, and software.

Finally, we selected the top 10 brands of Home Automation of 2020.

How we chose the brands

We selected the brands that offered solutions for wired products and retrofits (wireless products) that can cover most project needs and most home automation solutions, including lights, air conditioning, motorization, A/V control, security system, energy saving, metering, software and application, logics and timers, sensors and health, and more.

Then, we gave each brand points as per the following details:

Solution / Products: 75% of the points

Installation, programming, software and apps: 15% of the points

Price: 10% of the points

Products / Solutions

First Published: Jul 07, 2020, 13:01

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