hey guys what's going on it's Carl here
back with another episode that is all
about the setups you can see that we're
chilling and of course my condo and this
episode is all around the connected
smart home I know at CES I saw some
ridiculous things a smart toilet
I know it's everyone's greatest wish to
order toilet paper while you're dropping
a number-2 we're not doing anything
crazy like that but this is just the
smart connected tech that I have in my
condo how I keep my place fully checked
out and perhaps it's just a good video
for some of you to start that are kind
of clueless how to get into these smart
connected space and before we start big
big shoutouts to Samsung who've actually
partnered and sponsored today's episode
they've made my life way easier as I'm
using smart things as my main hub which
kind of starts off with this guy this is
the smart things of Wi-Fi hub and the
great thing about Samsung it's
compatible with a ton of other devices
so whether you have Google assistant
Alexa ready hue lightbulbs smart locks
smart thermostats all of that can be
integrated into smart things which is a
huge time saver so once you have the
Wi-Fi hub set up I am rocking smart
things over on my s9 and that's where I
can start to add different devices first
thing that I've added and I have a ton
of these this is the smart things outlet
and this is by far the best smart
connected piece of tech especially if
you have devices that aren't say smart
enables very prime example I have a very
expensive Dyson lamp that kind of sits
off to the side it's my main reading lab
unfortunately that thing isn't smart and
I can't activate that with say my voice
when I say hey Google turn on the lights
in the living room this guy goes into
the wall and now when I switch to smart
things on my phone I can set up those
commands to either turn on the device
with my smart phone or if I want to
enable that by a Google so so handy that
I've actually now paired that with my
good old coffee maker and when I do
finally get my butt out of bed I've got
a fresh brew waiting for me
and like I said the great thing with
smart things it integrates into pieces
that you ready um so throughout the rest
of my living room I have to Google hom
axes I use those as my primary music
listening devices I've got a ton of
Philips hue lightbulbs you can see one
that is snuck into that lamp right here
I've got a couple that sit around my
couch and even some that live over on
the balcony at nighttime one I do want
to set the mood whether I am chilling
watching Netflix or just want to make
things a bit more romantic for the
girlfriend I can always set those with
my voice and they also integrate into
smart things as well other smart devices
that I do have here in my living room
I've got a little smart about you robot
this guy is from Dyson I can also track
the parts that I clean and the best part
is it does dock back onto its charging
Bay when it does get low on battery as
few more smart thing devices that I've
enabled in my living room as well we've
got this guy which is called the button
as it implies you can press it to
perform different sorts of functions and
it even has little sticky pads at the
end you can place that near say a light
switch and now you have a connected kind
of switch or button to control I also
have this motion sensor placed across my
balcony door I have this weird fear that
someone is somehow gonna enter through
my balcony I do get an alert every time
that motion sensor goes off onto my
smartphone especially when I am
traveling and out of my place for a
month I just want to have that peace of
mind that Batman or spider-man don't
come and visit without me being there a
bit more realistic I do have a
multi-purpose sensor that's placed on my
main door and from this I can control
different sorts of automations when I
say do enter my condo I can have this
set to turn on lights and when I do
leave all the lights will turn off as
long as the sensor is lined up into the
bedroom where the magic happens I try to
keep things very simple here I don't try
to have too much technology you can
probably see behind me the three main
pieces then I've kind of got integrated
the first are the Nano leaf LED panels
is it is compatible with smart things if
I want to have things a bit more
romantic
and read they can change to do so or if
I am doing any gaming and want to make
things say orange or like green whatever
you know my heart's content on my mood I
can activate those guys and once again I
am rocking another smartthings outlet
because I do have a pretty cool a
reading lamp kind of get that in frame
normally I do have to tap on this guy to
turn it on when I am doing a bit of
nighttime reading we that of course
smart outlet I can now activate that by
my smartphone and the nice thing I do
always forget to turn this guy off when
I have left the house I can always do
that manually or if I am super lazy
which I know all of us are I also have a
small Google how many in here which I
can control all of these devices with my
voice just mostly to turn them off and
last but not least we are into the place
where I didn't really think I'd have too
much connected tech we are in the
washroom I do not have that Fable toilet
to share with you guys but I do have
three main pieces of tech in here the
first is this water leak sensor and
super weird story a couple months ago I
was at home middle of the night water
with leaking through my ceiling in my
washroom and in my living room thank
goodness I was here in my condo to alert
the concierge we knocked on his door but
say I wasn't this condo would just have
been destroyed
I do get notifications to my smartphone
so very very handy you kind of have the
peace of mind of having this guy in
place the second thing which I actually
really love is this smart connected
scale and this guy's from Nokia not only
does it track of course your normal
weight it does really cool things like
BMI muscle composition heart rates and
even strange things like weather in case
you were wondering when you are stepping
onto the scale and of course you can
track all that on your smartphone and
anyways in a nutshell that is the smart
connected tech that I have here in my
condo
tip thing is very minimal very simple
but some of those automations do help me
out a ton it is so much easier to
control things by a smartphone or even
via your voice give me some potential
feedback and more devices that you want
to see me integrate into my condo in the
near future and I'll catch the rest of
you in one of my next episodes or vlogs
bass