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AnnkeCraterSmartCameraShort

Annke Crater is a smart home camera that works with the Annke app, or Smart Life! #smarthome #Securitycam #annke #tuya #amazonmusthaves #amazonfinds

You Can Use Google Assistant to Take Photos and Video?!

Did you know that the #GoogleAssistant can take photos and videos for you? Not just that, but all the special kinds of photos and video formats that your camera has access to. Panoramas, videos, slow-motion, night sight, and more!

The Easiest Smart Home Security System Ever - Hex Home

Echo Prize Pack Giveaway - Facebook

Hello Automaters! It's time for smart home giveaways for those of you following us on Facebook! To get your Nonda Vehicle Health Monitor Lite (shipping has to be paid for), head here: gtgkd.co/nonda-AutomateYourLife2 How to Enter: 1. Like & Follow our page - https://facebook.com/automateyoulife 2. Watch the Amazon Smart Home Prize Pack Video on our Facebook Feed (This video) 3. Take a Screenshot of Brian in the video and caption it with something sweet or something funny! and submit the photo and caption in the comments section of the video (please be respectful anything of the offending nature will be deleted and disqualified) 4. By entering this contest you are agreeing to the full contest rules and regulations (see below) Together the AYL team will determine a winner by choosing the screenshot/caption we like best! Make it a good one!! Contest Rules and Eligibility 1. Contest is open to all countries (Worldwide) 2. You must be 21 years of age or over to be eligible to win 3. The contest will run between Feb 27 6pm MST to midnight (MST) on March 20th 4. The winner will be announced on March 23rd, and will have 48hrs to respond to the announcement or a new winner will be chosen. If you want to find more giveaways as we continue our celebration at Automate Your Life, head to our YouTube channel and watch this video: https://youtu.be/M7XKF8vdcgA (publishes Thanks Automaters for helping us get to 50 000 subscribers on YouTube. Onwards and upwards for us all. Automate Your Life Full Contest Rules ------------------------------------- 1. Eligibility: This Campaign is open worldwide and only to those who are 21 years of age or older. 2. Agreement to Rules: By participating, the Contestant (“You”) agree to be fully unconditionally bound by these Rules, and You represent and warrant that You meet the eligibility requirements. In addition, You agree to accept the decisions of Automate Your Life as final and binding as it relates to the content of

The New Samsung SmartThings Application Walkthrough

Preparing to move to the new SmartThings application and wondering how it works? Look no further! Here's a full walk through of the SmartThings app so you can find anything in the app. If I haven't showed it in this walk through, ask questions down below and I'll help you navigate! The new #SmartThings #app is bigger, better, and much improved. I think it's ready for 9 out of 10 things that you do with the app, and #Samsung does as well. That's why we're ready to start using it on a daily basis. Let's go automate! Some time codes for you to see different things: Main Page Walkthrough - 0:49 New Smart Home Monitor -1:45 How to Add the New Smart Home Monitor SmartApp - 5:15 SmartThings Video Camera - 5:32 Devices and Rooms on the Main Page - 7:21 Device Control Interface - 9:24 Scenes in SmartThings - 10:17 Button Controller - 10:35 Managing Your Location - 11:28 Adding Devices, Rooms, and More - 12:04 Create Lighting Groups - 12:26 Adding Voice Assistants - 12:35 Creating Scenes - 12:50 Creating an Automation - 13:23 Managing Automations - 16:07 Add a SmartApp - 16:27 Adding Members - 17:17 Main Menu Walkthrough - 17:30 Managing devices that connect to Google and Alexa - 18:31 Main SmartThings Settings - 19:12 Main menu continued - 20:37 Automatically managing your Smart Home Monitor -22:44 Smart Lighting - 23:42 Button Controllers - 27:31 Virtual Switches and Devices - 28:26 Main Menu Continued 2 - 29:22 Z-Wave Exclusion - 30:55 Subscribe to Take The Frustration Out Of Automation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtRSKEipM17PF7n0mi66btQ?sub_confirmation=1 Join our Patreon Group to get direct access to me (and for even deeper content): https://patreon.com/automateyourlife Our recommended smart home products for every situation (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2DwC6ah Are you unsure about putting a smart speaker or smart display in your home? Read our short e-book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XKRM6XS AYL Merch! https://shop.spreadshirt.ca/automa

The SmartThings To Know About The App Migration

The SmartThings To Know About The App Migration The SmartThings Classic App is nearly at it's end (well...by nearly I mean it'll be gone in a next year or so), and it's time to start looking at migration to the new SmartThings app. I'll provide the starts of a guide for the migration including why this is happening and what you can expect throughout the process. I also have a few links for you to use: https://community.automatelife.net - Where you can find additional help with our friends! https://community.smartthings.com/t/get-ready-to-make-the-switch/183948 - The official migration thread on the SmartThings boards. https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034460812 - A great FAQ on the migration process. Let's get ready for the #smartthings #app #migration, and be ready for our video on Wednesday with the full walkthrough of the new application. It'll be here: https://youtu.be/YdrBnSNJLcE Subscribe to Take The Frustration Out Of Automation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtRSKEipM17PF7n0mi66btQ?sub_confirmation=1 Join our Patreon Group to get direct access to me (and for even deeper content): https://patreon.com/automateyourlife Thanks for watching, and Don't Hate, Automate. Brian

Amazon Alexa New Features and New Updates - EP 2x

Amazon Alexa's Newest Features and New Products! There are lots of new products that have come out for Amazon's voice assistant Alexa. Ready to get all the latest new features, new updates, and new products for your Echo series of devices? #Amazon #Alexa #news There's a new AI social bot challenge we're going to talk with, delete calendar entries with Alexa, check our schedule, and then talk about all the new products that were discussed and released around CES 2020. Subscribe to Take The Frustration Out Of Automation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtRSKEipM17PF7n0mi66btQ?sub_confirmation=1 Join our Patreon Group to get direct access to me (and for even deeper content): https://patreon.com/automateyourlife Our recommended smart home products for every situation (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2DwC6ah Are you unsure about putting a smart speaker or smart display in your home? Read our short e-book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XKRM6XS AYL Merch! https://shop.spreadshirt.ca/automatelife/ Thanks for watching, and Don't Hate, Automate. Brian

Quickly Brighten Up Your Home With These Novostella Smart LED Flood Lights

Brett's lights look amaaaaaaaaazing! Check it out! There are many smart ways to light your home but this has to be one of the best ways I have seen to quickly add smart lights to the exterior. These Novostella Flood lights can be set up in the Smart Life app and are compatible with Google Assistant & Amazon Alexa! Novostella 2 Pack 20W Smart LED on Amazon: http://geni.us/fBvF9j Don't forget to check for coupons! #SmartLife #Novostella #GoogleAssistant #AmazonAlexa #SmartHome #ChristmasLights #TechWithBrett

Kids Christmas Activities With Google Home

It's time for Christmas, and the #kids can enjoy a ton of great content and features on your #GoogleHome, Google Nest, or Smart Display device with the Google Assistant on board. 1. What's going on at the North Pole? 2. Google Santa Tracker 3. Get Christmas Jokes from Google 4. Home Alone - Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal 5. Google Assistant Action - Talk to Christmas Jokes 6. Disney's Read Along Storybooks 7. Cast Disney+ to Google Nest Hub 8. Talk to Frozen Stories, another Google Assistant Action 9. Call Santa - Change your region to US by changing your address. 10. Talk to Kids Christmas Quiz - Another Google Assistant Action 11. Ask Google to sing a Christmas Carol (get music and sometimes a little song from Google Assistant) 12. Duo Video Calls on Google Assistant-enabled Smart Displays Some of those Read Along books (affiliate links) - US: Coco - https://amzn.to/2OYQrC6 Frozen - https://amzn.to/2LBBHHj Frozen 2 - https://amzn.to/33WXPlH Toy Story 3 - https://amzn.to/2P1fCE3 Lion King - https://amzn.to/356oeis Canada: Frozen - https://amzn.to/2LA5QqF Frozen 2 - https://amzn.to/36jA6O7 Coco - https://amzn.to/33YuMOD Lion King - https://bit.ly/2sXzCPy Toy Story 3 - https://amzn.to/36hMX3k Subscribe to Take The Frustration Out Of Automation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtRSKEipM17PF7n0mi66btQ?sub_confirmation=1 Join us on Facebook: facebook.com/automateyoulife

How To Call Santa With Google Home (Even outside the USA)

There's been some difficulty with the Call Santa feature on Google Home and Google Assistant-enabled Smart Displays, especially if you're outside of the USA. If you are wondering how to do this with your kids, then here's a quick and simple tutorial and walkthrough of the feature and what it's all about! #GoogleHome #GoogleNest #GoogleAssistant #Santa Join us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/automateyoulife Join us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/automateyourlife Thanks, Brian

2019 Google Home App Update & New Features

The new Google Home app update is here! Learn how to navigate through all the new features. Have a watch of Brett's great video about all the new features and capabilities with your Google Home application!

The 10 Smart Home Products I Recommend For This Black Friday

Here are 10 products in the smart home space that I'm recommending for the holidays!

Samsung SmartThings New Updates and Features For November, 2019

Samsung SmartThings is a massive smart home platform and it's growing almost out of control. There is really no other platform out there today that has so much capability and so much growth. Samsung's integrations continue to roll with our friends at SmartThings Beat (twitter.com/smartthingsbeat) posting regular new integrations. This week we saw Tailwind's Garage Door opener, the Awair air quality detectors, Nanoleaf, and many more products come in. We also spoke about the developers conference (SDC) and how it's going to impact a number of things. WebCore and SharpTools are both getting some serious time at that conference and we'll also see Bixby and Tizen (yes...Tizen) get time under the spotlight as it relates to SmartThings. There is a lot of amazing stuff going on with #samsung #smartthings and their platform and I'm excited to show you all the changes and growth with our #news here. Subscribe to Take The Frustration Out Of Automation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtRSKEipM17PF7n0mi66btQ?sub_confirmation=1 Join our Patreon Group to get direct access to me (and for even deeper content): https://patreon.com/automateyourlife Our recommended smart home products for every situation (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2DwC6ah Are you unsure about putting a smart speaker or smart display in your home? Read our short e-book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XKRM6XS AYL Merch! https://shop.spreadshirt.ca/automatelife/ Thanks for watching, and Don't Hate, Automate. Brian

PSA For Google Home Users

PSA For Google Users So we posted this earlier this week...and things are getting more interesting. Today you might notice your #GoogleHome, Mini, or Hub having quite a number of issues. Users are experiencing a change in the accent or language you're using, routines seem to be broken, and many of the normal functions you'll use are struggling to work. This is happening all over the world, and I can tell you that Google's not giving an official statement. I'll have my breakdown of this and what we can expect going forward on the channel on Sunday! Otherwise, watch out...routines may not work that you have scheduled. Are you running into issues today?

Happy Wednesday 🙂 here’s a quick peek at our upcoming #giveaway #wednesday #sneakpeek #giveawaycontest #giveaways #contest #smart #smarthometechnology #tech #freestuff