Are you ready to reimagine your living spaces and make your home truly 'smart'? The potential is endless: imagine music flowing through your house in sync, from the kitchen to the backyard. Picture security cameras perched by your front door, accessible via your tablet, all while you control your lights and music through a single app. 

In a world increasingly dominated by wireless technology, the allure of adding a smart system to your home is enticing. But here's the catch: wireless tech, though convenient, can be unreliable and vulnerable to outside intrusions. Robust smart systems can sometimes overwhelm your Wi-Fi bandwidth, causing you to lose connection to your Internet of Things (IoT). 

The smart choice? Wiring your home with a professional integrator who specializes in smart home renovations. Whether you're building a new house, undergoing a major renovation, or simply upgrading your existing space in Bellevue, WA, partnering with a smart home installer can be a game-changer. 

So, what sets a smart home installer apart? Let's delve into the details.

We have officially crossed the unofficial first weekend of summer. Are you ready to enjoy all this season offers? Is your outdoor space ready for al fresco dining and sitting by the fire with friends and family under a starry sky? 

At Wipliance, we create homes and outdoor spaces designed for enjoyment and ease of living. One of the features that genuinely makes a difference in outdoor entertainment is today's landscape speaker system. 

Check out this video of an outdoor speaker installation we completed on Mercer Island, then dream of the possibilities at your Seattle, WA home. Let's explore what the latest audio offers and how it can bring friends and family together in the great outdoors. 

With seasonal changes come routine changes, too. Now that summer is ending soon, it’s time to transition to new schedules and prepare for cooler temperatures in Washington. This fall, let smart home technology lend a helping hand in getting you ready for the new season.

As a leading smart home consultant serving Issaquah and the greater Seattle area, Wipliance is committed to delivering custom solutions that make your life more convenient, safe, and enjoyable in any season. Keep reading for some creative ways you can use smart home technology and automation to make your days easier as we head into autumn. Get inspired below!

Integrating home automation into your Redmond, WA home is not an easy task. While there’s no shortage of DIY smart devices and systems, making them all work together might seem daunting when you get beyond the simple things. If you’re a Microsoft or Google engineer, perhaps you enjoy dabbling in home automation for the fun and technical challenge. But even the most tech-savvy homeowners discover that doing serious home automation projects demand significant time and attention to detail. For most people, debugging things that don’t work consistently or quite right or is not how they want to spend their time. That’s the value you get from engaging a professional home automation company for your project.

How do you evaluate a home automation professional? To an extent, you will perform due diligence as you would with many other service providers, looking at verifiable reviews and getting recommendations from trusted people. But there are a few specific questions you can ask to get a better sense of what company will be the right smart home partner for your project. Let’s look at them in more depth below.

Reading the headline of this blog post may have you thinking, “Another voice control assistant?” And that’s understandable. We’ve discussed the benefits of voice control many times in our blog series, focusing particularly on Amazon Alexa due to its direct integration with Control4 home automation.

While Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple HomeKit are still fine options for voice control integration, Josh.ai offers a unique approach to the luxury smart home experience.

Wipliance is an award-winning home automation company that is dedicated to creating smart home solutions that are easy to use and enjoyable to own, which is why we’re thrilled to now offer Josh.ai to our clients in Issaquah, WA and beyond. Interested in learning the difference of Josh.ai? Keep reading.

Voice control and smart speakers have recently taken Seattle and the country by storm, giving homeowners a method of operating smart devices throughout their Mercer Island, WA home. Initially, home voice control was a bit clunky and supported relatively few smart devices.

Thankfully, that is no longer the case, and using voice commands has become an incredibly easy  method of operating your home’s automation system. Voice control assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant let your entire family control other smart devices in your home.

Keep reading to learn how voice control helps your family enjoy time together on Mercer Island.

Seattle’s downtown has enjoyed explosive growth in the past few years and many are flocking downtown to enjoy the urban lifestyle. Along the way, many new luxurious high-rises have added to the beautiful city skyline.

If you are living in a luxury downtown apartment or condo, you likely have large windows looking toward the breathtaking views of Mt. Rainier or Puget Sound. In this blog, we’ll cover the reasons why you want to dress those large windows with motorized window treatments—a downtown living essential luxury.

Keep reading to learn how to take full advantage of your beautiful Seattle views with automated window treatments.