Your Smart Home, Made Simple

A smart speaker, a video doorbell, a plug you can turn on from another room - each one is simple by itself, and confusing the moment they are supposed to work together. This book explains smart home devices one at a time, in plain language, and then shows how to make them work as a single, reliable system instead of a pile of separate apps.

Inside this book:

• Decide honestly whether you actually need a smart home, and where to start

• Understand your home Wi-Fi, explained once, in plain terms

• Choose devices that work well together before you buy anything

• Unbox and set up a smart speaker, doorbell, plugs, bulbs and a thermostat

• Control every device by voice, from any room

• Keep cameras and microphones private, and understand what they can see

• Troubleshoot the most common "it stopped working" moments

• Set devices up so family living elsewhere can help when needed

• Build a smart home that keeps working for years, not just the first week

The type is set in a genuinely large, 14.5-point size, every setting comes with the way back, and nothing is left in jargon without a plain explanation. It is written for an adult setting up their own home, not a list of features aimed at someone half their age.

A calmer, safer, easier home - explained one device at a time.