Smart home systems put to the test ✓ Automation in your own four walls ✓ The best systems in comparison ✓ Link to Alexa, Philips Hue and Co. ✓
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Smart home systems make your everyday life easier and make your house smarter.
Professional home automation is possible with these systems.
With a smart home system, you can control entertainment, lighting, radiators and much more.
Such professional automation with smart home devices * offers many advantages.
A system for beginners is relatively cheap, but the accessories make the total price soar.
A comparison can therefore not hurt, also to find out what the respective systems are capable of.
The chip.de portal has taken a close look at the three recommended smart home systems.
In this article we will introduce you to these useful everyday helpers.
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Smart home systems tested in 2021: Homematic IP - high security standards
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Smart home system from Homematic IP.
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The offer: The Homematic IP smart home system for 139 euros on Amazon!
The Homematic IP smart home system provides a high level of security, including data protection.
The independent test institute AV-Test always gives Homematic IP top marks.
All smart home products come from a single source.
The smart home system and the products can be easily installed using the APP and QR code.
Entry-friendly and inexpensive alarm system.
Available products: including socket, window / door sensor, smoke detector, alarm system, water detector, door lock, motion detector, radiator thermostat.
Works without internet.
Operation via the Internet is free of charge.
Extensively programmable for smart home experts.
Compatible with Amazon Echo.
Disadvantages: Other systems and products (surveillance cameras, lighting) cannot be integrated.
The Homematic IP smart home system is available as a set with a control center, door / window sensor, a siren and a motion detector.
Smart home systems tested in 2021: homee - flexible system
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Smart home system from homee.
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The offer: Smart home system from homee for 199 euros on Amazon!
The German smart home manufacturer homee relies on maximum flexibility and does not offer any other devices besides the control center, i.e. the control unit (WLAN).
This means that smart home products from many other manufacturers can be easily integrated, for example Philips Hue and Osram.
In addition to WLAN, homee has the smart home standards ZigBee, Z-Wave and EnOcean.
Compatible brands: including Philips, Osram, Abus, AVM, Belkin, Ikea, Fibaro.
The smart home system can also be connected to Amazon Alexa and Google Home in order to operate the devices via voice control.
Usable without internet.
Installation via app.
Available products: including socket, window / door sensor, smoke detector, alarm system, water detector, lights, motion detector, radiator thermostat
Extensively programmable for smart home experts.
Disadvantages: Not all smart home devices are automatically supported or do not have all functions.
So find out about system compatibility before purchasing the devices.
More complex solutions may require internet research.
But most of the devices run without any problems.
The homee set consists of the control center and a Zigbee Cube.
Smart home systems tested in 2021: Amazon Echo 4 smart home hub - the easy way to get started
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Amazon Echo 4th generation smart home hub
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The offer: Amazon Echo 4th generation for 99 euros!
The 4th generation Amazon Echo is the perfect and easy introduction to smart homes for all Alexa users.
Easy to set up: Activate the device and ask Alexa to set it up by voice command.
There are many cheap smart home products available for Amazon Echo.
Thanks to Amazon Alexa, the smart home system can be operated by voice control.
Available products: including socket, window / door sensor, lights.
Compatible smart home systems: WLAN, ZigBee.
Compatible brands: Philips Hue, Osram Smart + and many other providers that offer the ZigBee wireless standard.
Disadvantages: No use without the Internet, all data is on Amazon, only simple smart home solutions are possible
The most important smart home wireless standards
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wireless standards are very important for smart home systems
so that they work without the Internet.
The most common wireless standards are ZigBee, Z-Wave and EnOcean.
Many systems (Amazon Echo) also come with WLAN and Bluetooth.
But here there is simply the danger that the range is often insufficient to operate an entire house with smart control.
The Homematic IP system presented above has its own radio standard.
This makes it very safe, but the functionalities with other smart home products are not feasible because they are not compatible.
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