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home automation

British  

noun

  1. the control of domestic appliances by electronically controlled systems

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“This home automation has improved our relationship,” says Cavill, who lives in San Francisco.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 28, 2026

The company has also worked to make Alexa a home automation hub to allow light bulbs and appliances to be voice controlled.

From Reuters Sep. 19, 2023

If you have an existing home automation system, your security can integrate with it; if you have security but no home automation, you can often build automation around it.

From Seattle Times Sep. 14, 2023

Nemo devolves in this nightmarish quarantine — first adapting, then struggling, literally battling the elements as the glitching home automation system blasts him with heat, then freezing cold.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2023

Apple didn’t want to make an app to control its HomeKit home automation software framework; it didn’t release one until two years after HomeKit launched.

From The Verge Jul. 27, 2022

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