When it comes to creating a luxury home, it’s all about the little extras, and high-tech additions, designed to make your life easier and more convenient as well as injecting some opulence into the day, are the way to go when upgrading your abode in 2023.
From keeping your home at just the right temperature to changing up your entertainment with just a few words of instruction and no buttons required, the latest home technology devices are getting smarter – and as a result, so, too, are our homes. But as well as being incredibly user-friendly and facilitating a hands-off lifestyle, they’re also helping to keep our properties safer and more secure – which is vitally important when it comes to keeping family and your most prized possessions protected.
Here, we take a look at some of the easiest ways to up-level your lifestyle in 2023 with the latest smart home devices – and we can almost guarantee you’ll wonder why you didn’t do it sooner.
Google Nest Thermostat
Weather across the globe is becoming increasingly unpredictable, and in the UK, the harsh winter weather, combined with rising energy prices, has caused us to re-evaluate how and when we heat our home. The Google Nest thermostat has become almost indispensable as a result and uses artificial intelligence to monitor and adjust the temperature in your home to continually meet your needs.
If you’re forever rushing out of the house only to remember you’ve left the heating on, then this one is for you, as Nest will switch it off for you once it has determined you’re no longer in the property. You can also set a schedule for when you’d like your heating to come on and off, or programme Nest to automatically switch itself on or off once your home reaches a certain temperature at either end of the spectrum.
And of course, it’s all accessible from a smartphone app remotely – so you don’t even have to be at home to use it.
Smart Wi-Fi air conditioner
As well as colder winters, we’re also experiencing hotter summers – and if 2022’s 40 degree heatwave is anything to go by, we could be set for more of the same in 2023. A smart air conditioner that connects directly to your Wi-Fi is a great solution and will keep you cool when the temperatures rise – so if you’re dreading the prospect of sweating your way through the summer months in your home office or need an efficient cooling system for your home fitness centre, then look no further.
Best of all, a smart air conditioner will connect directly to your Google Nest so that you control it centrally along with your heating system. Just be sure to choose a reputable company for your aircon installation who will be able to set everything up for you, and save you the time and hassle of having to figure it out for yourself.
Philips Hue
For a thoroughly modern, if not futuristic home lighting solution, the Philips Hue is the way to go in 2023 and will transform your home into a spectacle of colour. Comprising a series of colour-changing LED lamps and white bulbs that can all be controlled remotely via the Philips smart home app, it allows homeowners to create a variety of different custom ambiences to suit their mood or the occasion and to create bespoke set-ups for each room.
An innovative and super luxurious addition to your abode that will feel like the ultimate indulgence, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it.
Amazon Ring Video Doorbell 3
Luxury homeowners tend to find themselves in relentless pursuit of a safer and more secure home, and to give you some much needed peace of mind in 2023, the Amazon Ring Video Doorbell 3 is the ultimate new year’s gift from you to you.
This impressive ring video doorbell allows you to see who is outside your home and communicate with them directly via a two-way talk system, and will send an alert directly to your smartphone when anyone approaches your front door. It will also capture footage of any potential intruders looking to gain access to your home undetected, and will act as a deterrent as well as providing you with evidence of their attempts should you need it.
