Smart home systems were invented to make life a lot easier, and boy do they. It feels like I don’t have to get up to do much of anything if I don’t want to! My vacuum cleans the floor without my help, a pot of coffee gets started in the kitchen before I even get out of bed in the morning, and I don’t even have to get off the couch to open the blinds in the window anymore.This stuff makes our homes safer too. I can lock or unlock the door at the touch of a button, which means I don’t have to be home to d… Read more →

There are a lot of great tips out there on how to keep your home safe from burglars. We’ve even shared these kinds of tips before!Those tips are great for all year round, but it’s important to bring up home security tips again when the weather starts getting nice. That’s because crime rates rise as the temperatures rise. It’s true of all crime, which includes theft.Absolutely follow all our tips for keeping your home safe during the fall and winter, but make sure you pay extra attention to these tip… Read more →

When you think about protecting your home, you probably think about the locks on your doors and the doorbell camera that’s positioned just outside your front door. If you’ve read our blog before, you know it can mean other things too, like drawing the curtains and lighting the outside of your property. Unfortunately, you’ve got more to worry about than a burglar who’s looking for things to steal inside your home.Burglars can steal your information too. That’s why we don’t just focus on home security… Read more →

If you haven’t yet heard about the latest AI features Google has announced, you’ll want to take a seat. Let’s go over the least mind-shattering, but equally cool, features first. Smart Compose You know that feature on your phone that predicts what word you’re typing and enters it for you automatically? Well, we’re all about to get lazier with smart compose.Instead of predicting a single word, this feature will predict your entire sentence. You can literally start typing, "Does next f" and Google… Read more →

You’ve probably got better things to do than keep track of big business and all the companies that get bought and sold on a regular basis. After all, it happens all the time. But, at InHome, we’re invested in everything that’s going on in the home alarm and smart home system markets, and that means we’ve been keeping an eye on Amazon. They sure have been busy making some groundbreaking deals and decisions the last few months.Not sure what we’re talking about? Let us fill you in.Amazon buys Bli… Read more →