The modern world requires modern upgrades in our lifestyles. Nowadays, people prefer innovative home technologies, unlike the old-fashioned way. Smart home markets are growing vastly and grabbing homeowners’ attention. Leviton’s Decora Smart HomeKit has appealed to many consumers lately. Let’s discuss more in detail about Leviton Homekit.
The primary purpose of this newly launched HomeKit was to bring HomeKit-enabled smart lighting solutions to old homes with a lack of neutral wiring. Leviton introduced five new home products under its Decora products. It contains no-neutral dimmers, switches, and the required Wi-Fi bridge. Leviton explained these new HomeKit-supported products in a press release as a significant opportunity for customers to install smart lighting solutions in their old houses, including a new no-neutral switch and dimmer with two 2nd generation devices to support voice preferences features. Most importantly, it resolves the problem of modifying old houses with smart lighting without rewiring fixtures of old lights and switches as it incorporates a no-neutral lineup.
Detailed Look At The Leviton HomeKit
The HomeKit was launched on 22 May 2022. It comes under Leviton Decora Smart Products. The HomeKit provides Wi-Fi-controlled lighting controls for every room and the entire home. As mentioned above, these devices advance the lighting controls by incorporating a no-neutral switch and dimmer for old houses and include two 2nd generation devices compatible with Amazon Alexa, Hey Google, and HomeKit/Siri to assist consumers with voice preferences of their choice. These new devices have the same core features as Decora Smart devices:
- Lighting solutions
- Control from anywhere
- Setting schedules
- Motion sensing
- Choice of favorite voice
Moreover, the My Leviton App facilitates the customers to control these Decora Smart Devices and Leviton Load Center options through this app which is quite handy and amazing.
My Leviton Homekit App
This app has helpful and handy features which are easy to operate and automate appliances in your house. This app allows you to control lights when you are away from home. It can turn on and off lights, use your voice command to dim the lights, adjust the ceiling fans and turn the lamp on or off. The voice dimmers work with Amazon Alexa (an Alexa Light Switch), which is built-in. You can also use your voice commands with google assistance or Apple Siri. It can be operated for a single room, multiple rooms, or the entire house. Scheduling the lights is also a fantastic option which allows to set up lights to turn on or off at specific times or according to sunrise and sunset.
Leviton Decora Smart Switches, Dimmer, and Wi-Fi Bridge
The old houses lacking a neutral wire in the switch wall box can benefit significantly from Decora’s no-neutral switch and dimmer which can work with a Wi-Fi bridge. These three devices combined are the perfect solution for smart lighting in old houses. You can install lighting control simply by pairing the Decora Smart no-neutral switch or dimmer with a Wi-Fi bridge. It enables you to customize lighting controls per your home needs, like scheduling light scenes for single rooms or groups of rooms, vacation mode, and automatic shutoff timers. It also incorporates Leviton Decora Smart Anywhere Companion to control different devices from one place.
Anywhere Dimmer And Switch Companions
Suppose you find it challenging to move around in multiple interfaces of apps or products while controlling your smart home. They are easily installed and do not require wiring. 3-Way/Multilocation Applications will help you with that. This allows dimmers and switches companions to be used combinedly from two or more different places like the top or bottom of a staircase or areas with multiple open locations. The wire-free anywhere companions get connected to 2nd-Generation Decora Smart w-fi dimmers, switches, and mini plug-ins to give additional control. It would help if you placed it anywhere to create this 3-way-multilocation solution. It does not need wi-fi or an app. These should be placed within 50 feet Of the primary 2nd generation wi-fi device to connect the same lights, which can be connected to 3 more anywhere companions with 2nd generation wi-fi device. It also includes replaceable batteries with a life of 5 years.
Conclusion
Leviton Decora HomeKit proves to be an inspiring opportunity for old houses with no-neutral wiring. It revolutionizes the home lighting controls and eases the process without the hassle of rewiring fixtures. Moreover, an app-controlled system makes it more desirable and convenient to use.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Can I connect Leviton with Siri?
The Leviton decora HomeKit dimmers and switches can be connected and controlled through voice-enabled devices, including Apple home pod and iOS devices.