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06-10-2014, 04:20 PM
Vivint Launches Smart Home Platform: 'We Consider Apple a Direct Competitor'
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While many smart home companies are likely gearing up to work with Apple's newly an**unced Home platform (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/apple-homekit-smart-home/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), others companies like Vivint want to revolutionize the home automation industry all on their own
The Utah-based company launched a smart hub called Vivint Sky on Tuesday, which will let users control everything from the lights, thermostat and door locks to high-definition security cameras throughout the home — all from a smartphone, laptop or tablet. The catch, of course, is that you'll need Vivint-branded lights and thermostats for the hub to work, so you're out of luck if you're a Nest (http://mashable.com/category/nest/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) person. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/10/vivint-sky-smart-home/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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While many smart home companies are likely gearing up to work with Apple's newly an**unced Home platform (http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/apple-homekit-smart-home/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), others companies like Vivint want to revolutionize the home automation industry all on their own
The Utah-based company launched a smart hub called Vivint Sky on Tuesday, which will let users control everything from the lights, thermostat and door locks to high-definition security cameras throughout the home — all from a smartphone, laptop or tablet. The catch, of course, is that you'll need Vivint-branded lights and thermostats for the hub to work, so you're out of luck if you're a Nest (http://mashable.com/category/nest/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) person. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/10/vivint-sky-smart-home/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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