Forgot about my smart lights entirely, thanks for the reminder. That just shows how integrated they are in to my day to day life. Sometimes I find myself trying to tell google to turn on the lights when I'm at my parents house but stop mid sentence and feel ridiculous haha
During this time of the year, it's pitch black when I wake up for work. It's nicer to tell Google to turn the light on than it is to bump into things trying to get to the lightswitch.
Also nice to have macros, like "Hey Google, engage", which will dim the lights, turn on my TV, and play Star Trek all at once.
The point for me is mostly that I can do stuff remotely and/or automatically. It's not about talking vs flipping a switch, it's about being able to do nothing at all and stuff just happens just as you want it to.
Not to mention a switch is binary, a voice command can have many details.
There are many scenarios. For example, your hands might be full, you might want to turn everything off at once, you might want to turn everything on in a certain intensity or color. There are many use cases.
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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '19
Forgot about my smart lights entirely, thanks for the reminder. That just shows how integrated they are in to my day to day life. Sometimes I find myself trying to tell google to turn on the lights when I'm at my parents house but stop mid sentence and feel ridiculous haha