Homes are increasingly connected thanks to Internet of Things, the telephone and communications companies want to put the batteries, although clearly some have done it much more than others. In the framework of MWC 2018, both Movistar and Vodafone, the two strongest companies in the national market have decided to bet on their home innovations with which to attract more customers, Movistar Home and Vodafone V-Home.
Let's take a look at what each of the companies offers us to weigh whether or not these short-term launches are really worth taking into account, and especially to know what they consist of in a clear and efficient way.
It won't be long before more and more companies start offering connected home accessories as another advertising claim, although we don't know exactly how they will manage to include their price in the rates, the detail is important in an increasingly upwards, we remember that both Vodafone and Movistar are preparing price increases to their rates for this same month. Let's go without further delay with the news that has been presented to us at the MWC 2018 that is being held in Barcelona and that we are covering in Actualidad Gadget.
Movistar Home, the future epicenter of the home
Telefónica wants to get the most out of Aura, its Artificial Intelligence platform, which will now be included in Movistar Home, a digital assistant that would allow us to centralize all the services we have contracted with the strongest telephone company in the country. Aura will be present both in a mobile phone application, as well as in the main Social Networks and of course in Home, your new device. With this it aims to centralize all the devices that we have connected to Wi-Fi or the local network of our home ... to what extent?
According to Movistar, Home will be a means of communication between the company and customers, something much to improve considering the irregular Customer Service they currently provide. For it, Home integrates a screen with which we can make both video calls and calls that we can transfer to our television screen (We imagine that for this it will be necessary to have the Movistar + decoder, which already integrates this function through its Yomvi platform). But as we have said, the important thing according to Movistar is that it centralizes all the capabilities of our devices, for example, we can alter the configuration of our router from our screen.
It will also become a kind of voice control for the company's television, despite the fact that many brands such as Samsung already have compatible controls for a system with identical characteristics. In fact, if you're bored enough, you'll even be able to ask Home for recommendations on what to watch on television. Nevertheless, Movistar does not plan to launch it too quickly, until the second half of this year we will not see it in its catalog for Spain, and later in the rest of the countries where Movistar is deployed internationally. They have not talked about prices or integration within the rate system, so we will have to remain alert about this new device with which Movistar intends to revolutionize its services in our home.
Vodafone and Samsung bring V-Home
Vodafone has also wanted to storm our home with technical news about connected devicesFor this, it has partnered with a leading brand in the market, what less than Samsung, although we are a bit surprised that they do not shake hands with Huawei in these devices, since their tradition is quite broad. In short, they have not fallen short, unlike Movistar, Vodafone has launched a huge list of home devices that will put you long teeth and they come in three different packs:
- V-Home Monitoring Starter Kit
- SmartThings HUB: The switchboard that controls the entire system
- Wireless surveillance camera, with HD recording, motion detection and night mode. We can connect live and store content for free for two weeks
- Multisensor: Sensors for temperature changes, door and window opening and security in general.
- Siren: Alarm sound that can alert you to possible intrusions
- Alarm: System that will notify up to 6 people in 15 minutes if any intrusion is detected.
- V-Home Monitor: The system that will allow us to configure the connected elements to establish the security perimeter
- Detection Kit
- It will have a water sensor to monitor floods
- It also has a smoke detection system to prevent fires
- Automation Kit
- Motion sensor
- Plug
- LED bulb
Nor have they given specific dates and systems, only that your online store will include these products, so apparently it will not be a too striking attraction in the face of its rates.