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
Matching the Ring Doorbell Pro Video WLAN Doorbell review we have written a Ring Doorbell Pro installation guide, which allows you to set up your WiFi doorbell step by step. In the tutorial we also give some tips on what you should pay attention to.
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
Using the Steinel CAM light WLAN camera, we have written a Steinel CAM light installation guide on how to set up a WiFi camera step by step and what you should definitely pay attention to.
After the Homematic Window Rotary Handle Sensor Review, we now have several optical radio door/window sensors as ready-to-use devices and kits tested. This is because the monitoring of window and door handles is effective, but also much more cost-intensive than the much cheaper window sensors and can also determine whether a door or window is really open or closed. We from Funkyhome.de think that the Window Sensors are an useful extension to save heating costs as well as help with … Continue reading
In the following tutorial we show how to create programs for the eQ-3 Homematic Window Sensor to transmit the state of windows and doors to a display, for example by means of system variables. You can also link Window Sensor directly to the Homematic radiator thermostat to save heating costs in winter by automatically lowering the thermostat when the window is open and then raising the thermostat again. How this works, we show in the new Funkyhome.de Smarthome Tutorial.
In the new tutorial for learning the Homematic Window Sensor for beginners we show on Funkyhome.de how to teach a eQ-3 Homematic Window Sensor to the Homematic CCU2 control unit, how to set up the wireless door contact or window sensor and how to solve possible problems with the Homematic Window Sensor.
In the previous Homematic Shutter Actuator review we have already described in detail how to program a Shutter Actuator. However, despite monitoring the window and door contacts a serious problem could occur: You lock yourself out of your own house! If, for example, you lower the shutters at a certain time in the evening and are in the garden having a barbecue, you will be locked out of the house. Good for those who control their smart home via their … Continue reading