Who hasn’t experienced the problem of being in the garden or in the basement for a short while and then the mailman or parcel delivery person rings the doorbell. It would be helpful to receive an immediate message or email on your smartphone. But maybe you just want to integrate the doorbell into your smart home, so that a light flashes or a sound is emitted when the doorbell rings. Even if there is now even an official Homematic IP … Continue reading
Some time ago, Amazon released the third generation of its Echo Dot. Reason enough for Funkyhome.de to finally take a closer look at it. What the third generation can do and what has changed compared to the predecessors, we show in the following test. Of course, we also take a look at the Amazon Alexa app and give a rough overview of what can be done with it.
For the just tested Amazon Echo Dot 3 we have written an Echo Dot installation guide. We show step by step how to set up the smart Amazon Echo Dot 3 Multiroom speaker in the Amazon Alexa app and how to perform an Amazon Echo Dot 3 reset.
With the Ring Video Doorbell Pro, we test on Funkyhome.de a great WiFi doorbell with motion detector and video streaming. The Ring Video Doorbell Pro is a smart WiFi doorbell with a surveillance camera that can be paired with an iOS or Android-based smartphone or tablet and also communicates via its own WiFi door chime. In the following Ring Video Doorbell Pro with Ring Chime WLAN Door chime test, we will see whether the high-tech WLAN Doorbell with camera from … Continue reading
With the Steinel CAM light L 600 we test on Funkyhome.de another solution for WiFi video surveillance with recording for outdoor use. The Steinel CAM light is a chic outdoor lamp with WiFi surveillance camera that can be accessed via an iOS or Android based smartphone or tablet. In the following Steinel CAM light test, we will see whether the lamp with motion detector and camera from Steinel can convince us. We have also published an SD and an HD … Continue reading
After the previous Homematic E-Paper Display Review, we are now looking at the Homematic wireless OLED status display as kit on Funkyhome.de! The OLED wireless display can be mounted like the E-Ink wireless display surface-mounted, in-wall or in a separately available table display. The display differs fundamentally from the previously tested smarthome status display from Homematic, because it offers a full color graphic display that shows previously programmed data at the touch of a button. And in order to avoid … Continue reading
After the Homematic radiator thermostat we are testing another important wireless actuator on Funkyhome.de today and that is the Homematic HM-LC-BI1PBU-FM Wireless Shutter Actuator as a kit as well as a ready-to-use device. If you want to operate your marquee, blind or roller shutter, you can buy a simple roller shutter timer. However, if you want to program it comfortably on your PC or via smartphone app, you should take a look at this wireless shutter actuator from Homematic. Just … Continue reading
Today we test on Funkyhome.de the Homematic HM-CC-RT-DN wireless radiator thermostat as kit. Radiator thermostats certainly belong to the most important elements of a smart home. For many it is certainly one of the reasons to begin a Smarthome, because the advantages of an intelligent heating control are obvious: One can temporally determine, when which radiator in the house is adjusted to the desired temperatures. This increases living comfort and saves money on heating. With the kit one can save … Continue reading
Today we would like to present on Funkyhome.de a test of the Central Control Unit 2 or briefly CCU2 from Homematic. It is not absolutely necessary to connect the actuators and sensors of Homematic via a central unit, because it is also possible to establish connections between each other. However, the experience only really starts with the Homematic CCU2 central unit, as it enables complex connectivity and extensive programming. In today’s review, we would like to test the Homematic CCU2 … Continue reading
With the SpotCam HD we test a ready-to-use start-up solution for WiFi video surveillance with recording and night vision function. The SpotCam HD is a cloud based WiFi surveillance camera that is relatively easy to install and can be accessed via a PC, Mac and iOS or Android based smartphone or tablet. Our SpotCam HD 720P review will show which users this solution is suitable for.