{"id":22403,"date":"2014-04-18T08:02:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T07:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/?p=22403"},"modified":"2017-03-08T12:08:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T12:08:16","slug":"shortcut-app-brings-smartphone-voice-control-to-your-smart-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/new-products\/shortcut-app-brings-smartphone-voice-control-to-your-smart-home.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Shortcut&#8217; App Brings Smartphone Voice Control to your Smart Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8216;Shortcut&#8217; is a new smart home\u00a0app just launched this month that allows you to control a variety of home automation systems with your voice.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sj-gblock\">\n<script language=\"javascript\">\n<!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5598479065369258\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300; \ngoogle_ad_height = 250; \ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\"; \ngoogle_ad_channel = \"7058025304\"; \ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\"; \ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\"; \ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\"; \ngoogle_color_link = \"52a79f\"; \ngoogle_color_url = \"CFFFDF\"; \ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\"; \n\/\/--> \n<\/script>\n<script language=\"javascript\"  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>The system understands natural language so phrases like &#8220;turn on the light&#8221; or &#8220;set the temperature to 72 degrees&#8221; can be used. \u00a0All this should help to alleviate\u00a0the current messy control scenario where multiple systems require you to constantly switch between multiple apps.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to voice commands you can use the app&#8217;s touchscreen interface if you \u00a0prefer. Shortcut will also learn how you control your home too, in order to offer you the right shortcut at the right time&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You can also use the smart touch interface. Shortcut intelligently learns what you want to do and when you need it. After a few days, it will start bringing you the right shortcut at just the right time. The more you use Shortcut, the smarter it will be.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At launch Shortcut\u00a0already integrates with Nest, Belkin WeMo,\u00a0Philips Hue,\u00a0Dropcam, SmartThings, Foursquare and Dwolla. The company says they are working to build support for many other systems, employing existing API&#8217;s where available and negotiating links where they&#8217;re not.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Shortcut intends to become a universal \u201caction\u201d voice command center for the wide universe of devices and apps pre-embedded with Shortcut, or connected with Shortcut through its API\/SDK. For app developers and hardware manufacturers, Shortcut presents clear value in improving the user experience and providing universal next-generation voice control features, thus rendering arduous in-house development of purpose-built voice-command systems unnecessary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/automatedhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/shortcut-app-diagram.png?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22433 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/automatedhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/shortcut-app-diagram.png?resize=500%2C232&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shortcut Smart Home App Diagram\" width=\"500\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/automatedhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/shortcut-app-diagram.png?w=952&amp;ssl=1 952w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/automatedhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/shortcut-app-diagram.png?resize=300%2C139&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/automatedhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/shortcut-app-diagram.png?resize=768%2C357&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The Shortcut app is available now in the Google Play Store for Android devices, and for Google Glass<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">. \u00a0An iOS version for iPhone should be available in around a months time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hishortcut.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.hishortcut.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want More?<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ottomate\">Follow us<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AutomatedHomeUK\" target=\"_blank\">Like us<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook, or subscribe to our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds2.feedburner.com\/automatedhome\">RSS feed<\/a>. 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