Harmony Ultimate Home

Harmony Ultimate Home

Harmony remotes have been an essential tool in any serious home theater setup for years now, but on Wednesday, Logitech turned its focus to home automation and controlling every room in your house. It just announced new, rebranded versions of its upper-tier remotes, which now all fall under the “Harmony Living Home” line. To be clear, the Harmony Ultimate remote was previously able to control Nest’s thermostat, Philips Hue lightbulbs, and other popular home devices. But that list will soon grow even larger (adding things like August’s Smart Lock), and the software that controls everything has been completely revamped to make lowering your blinds, locking your doors, and turning down the lights far more intuitive. Don’t worry, though: these remotes haven’t lost any functionality in your living room and retain all of the home theater power you’d expect.

Read the full story at The Verge.

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