Weather warnings
Yellow warning of windSunday, 06:00 to 21:00 Yellow
Sunday
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Strong winds may bring some disruption to travel.
Voice, Ask & lists
Not Alexa. Not Google.
Hey, and any name you choose.
Call your house Chris, Buddy or Nana, even one of the kids' names, and it answers to that. The nearest screen replies, and the assistant runs on the hub in your house, so what you say stays home.
Living room tabletanswering
"Hey Chris, movie time."
Cinema on. The TV on, the lights down to 20%.
Stays in your housethe assistant runs on the hub
Any name you likeeven the kids' names
Name it anything
Call it whatever you like.
Choose the name it listens for: Chris, Buddy, Nana, or one of the kids' names for fun. Say it anywhere in the house and the nearest screen answers.
Pick a name
Or one of the kids' names, for fun
Answering
Kitchen screen Ready
Living room tablet Ready
Hall panel YouHey Chris, add eggs to the list.
Kitchen screenDone. Eggs are on the list.
Drag yourself around the house, or pick a room.
Private by design
What you say stays home.
Listening for its name, making out the words and speaking the answer all happen on the hub in your house. Nothing you say has to travel to a company's cloud to be understood.
- All on the hubThe assistant, the listening and the voice run on the compact computer that lives in your house.
- Internet down? Still answeringVoice still works, just as the cameras keep recording and the alarm keeps watching.
- Only the alerts you ask for go outNothing it does needs a company's cloud.
You, in the kitchen"Hey Chris, is the alarm on?"
The hubIn your house Every step at home
- Hears its name Hey Chris
- Makes out the words isthealarmon?
- Works out the answer Alarm: Night
- Says it out loud On the nearest screen
A company's cloud Not needed
Kitchen screenYes. Night, two doors watched.
Sent to a company's cloud: 0 words
Ask
Ask about your house.
Out loud or typed, in your own words. What's open, whether the alarm is on, every light off at once, a quick sum, tomorrow's weather.
Try asking
On every phone, tablet and computer in the house. Typos are fine.
Ask your homePrivate. Answered by your hub.
TypedWhat's open?
Your home
The back door and the kitchen window.
Back doorOpen Kitchen windowOpen
SaidIs the alarm on?
Your home
Yes. Night, two doors watched.
Night Front door Back door
TypedTurn off all the lights.
Your home
Done. 9 lights off.
0 on
SaidWhat's 15% of 64?
Your home
9.6.
15% of 64 =9.6
TypedDo I need a coat tomorrow?
Your home
Yes, rain from 15:00.
09:0014°12:0015°15:0013°18:0011°
Example answers
Lists
The shopping list, on every phone.
Shopping and to-do lists the whole house shares. Add things by voice, or a recipe's ingredients in one go, and every phone in the house has them straight away.
- Add by voice"Add milk, eggs and bread" puts all three on, one by one.
- Sorted into aislesItems file themselves in the order you walk the shop.
- To-do lists tooChores and errands on the same screen, ticked off by anyone.
You sayHey Nana, add milk, eggs and bread to the shopping list.
Dad's phone14 to go Updated
Kitchen screen14 to go Updated
Lists14 to go
From a recipeTomatoesOnions
Fruit & veg3
🧅Onions
🧄Garlic
🌿Basil
Bakery1
🍞Bread
Meat & fish1
🥩Beef mince
Dairy & eggs4
🥛Milk
🥚Eggs
🧀Mozzarella
🧀Parmesan
Cupboard3
🍝Lasagne sheets
🥫Chopped tomatoes
🌾Plain flour
Drinks1
☕Coffee beans
Household1
🗑️Bin bags
Make it by asking
Describe it. It builds it.
Make a scene or an automation in one sentence. It reads back what it will make, and saves it only when you say yes.
Make a scene called Reading with the lamp at 40%
KindsceneNameReadingDevicelampLevel40%
Your hubHere is the new scene. Save it? Yes
Saved. Say "Reading" whenever you want it.
Automations too
"Turn on the porch light at sunset"
WhenSunset ThenPorch light on
New sceneReading
Floor lamp40%
MorningCinemaFocusNight Reading
Made for the UK
Handy UK info, without asking.
Weather warnings, flood warnings, bank holidays, fuel prices nearby and the moon, kept up to date by the hub and shown in the app.
Flood warnings
A flood alert: flooding is possible. Be prepared.
Bank holidays
Dec 25 Fri
Christmas Day In 83 days
Christmas Day, Friday 25 December.
Fuel prices nearby
0.8 miles 136.7p Diesel 141.9p
1.6 miles 134.9p Diesel 144.9p Cheapest
2.9 miles 139.9p Diesel 142.5p
The cheapest unleaded is 134.9p a litre, 1.6 miles away.
The moon
Last quarter 51% lit tonight
Full moon: in 22 days.
Example cards. Prices, warnings and dates come from the hub on the day.
Questions
Good questions, plain answers.
Can I really call it anything?
Yes. You choose the name it answers to: Chris, Buddy, Nana, even one of the kids' names. No "Alexa", no "Hey Google", no "Hey Siri".
Does what we say go to a company's cloud?
No. The assistant, the listening and the voice all run on the hub in your house, so what you say stays home.
Does it still work if the internet goes down?
Yes. Voice runs on the hub, so it keeps answering, just as the cameras keep recording, the alarm keeps watching and the heating keeps its plan.
Which screen answers?
The nearest one. Say its name in the kitchen and the kitchen screen answers.
Can I type instead of talking?
Yes. Ask by voice or by typing, in your own words, on every phone, tablet and computer in the house.
How do the shopping lists work?
Shopping and to-do lists live on every phone in the house. Add things by voice ("add milk to the shopping list"), or add a recipe's ingredients in one go.
Pick a name. We'll do the rest.
Tell us what you would call it and which rooms should have a screen. A fixed price in writing before anything is fitted.
We usually reply within two hours, 8am to 8pm, seven days a week.