Smart Home Archives - Essential Install

HiFi Rose Launches ‘Rose One’ App

HiFi Rose has introduced a major update to its control ecosystem with the launch of the new Rose One app, designed to deliver a more consistent and enhanced us...

Chowmainsoft joins Josh.ai Developer Program

Chowmainsoft has joined the Josh.ai Developer Program and has begun developing drivers for the Josh.ai ecosystem. The first driver released under this partners...

Inside a luxury smart home that doubles as a Media Innovation Technologies showroom

Inside a luxury smart home that doubles as a showroom

In Scottsdale, Arizona, there is one ultra luxury home that is living two lives. As both a personal residence for a father and his teenage son, the property al...

National Homebuilding & Renovating Show sees huge uptake in smart home exhibitors

The National Homebuilding & Renovating Show (19-22 March, NEC, Birmingham) is seeing a big increase in the number of smart home and AV focused companies ex...

Ligna Energy Highlights Battery-Free Smart Sensors

Ligna Energy announces it is attending Embedded World 2026 in Nuremberg, where the company is showcasing ultra-thin energy storage technologies designed to sup...

Hotel Monte Cervino installs Vimar home automation system

Hotel Monte Cervino Features Vimar Automation

At the foot of Monte Rosa, in the heart of the Val d’Ayas, stands the Hotel Monte Cervino, which has recently been outfitted with a Vimar By-me Plus home autom...

CEDIA Opens Nominations for 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award

CEDIA, the Association for Smart Home Professionals, has officially opened nominations for its 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the most prestigious acc...

Crestron launches 80 Series Touch Screens for smart home control

Crestron Focuses On 80 Series Touch Screens At ISE 2026

Crestron Electronics introduced the 80 Series Touch Screens, a new family of dedicated control interfaces engineered for today’s connected homes in January. ...

McIntosh, Sonus faber, IndigoZest Partner on Moorgen Showroom Cinema

McIntosh and Sonus faber have joined home automation specialists IndigoZest to deliver a world-class home cinema at a new flagship showroom in London’s Chelsea...

Domex announces integration with Control4

Domex, a company specialising in design-focused smart automation solutions, has announced its official integration with Control4, bringing seamless compatibili...