A smart home is a residence that uses internet-connected devices to enable the remote monitoring and management of appliances and systems, such as lighting and heating.
The technology — also often referred to as home automation or domotics from the Latin word domus, meaning home — provides homeowners security, comfort, convenience and energy efficiency by letting them control devices, often using a smart home app on their smartphone or another networked device.
How does smart home technology work?
A smart home isn’t a collection of disparate devices and appliances, but rather ones that work together to create a remotely controllable network.