"Renovate" the smart home field or become the next tech event

November 4 News, according to foreign media reports, many of the existing smart home systems, most of the need for "forklift-type upgrade (Fork-lift upgrade)" means that users in order to obtain the benefits of new technology, must replace the old hardware with new equipment.

To Google's smart home brand Nest launched the Protect smoke alarm as an example. This is a compact design device that can be remotely controlled via mobile devices, but to achieve this you have to replace the original smoke alarms completely.

Now, a group of new smart home products into the market, consumers can be transformed into the existing equipment smart home equipment.

Roost Smart Battery is this type of smart home products. The product was launched a week ago, is a Wi-Fi function of the battery, can be any use of 9-volt battery of the old smoke alarm to transform into an intelligent smoke alarm. It is used for up to 5 years, priced at $25 to 35 dollars, depending on how many chips the battery uses. The team that developed the Smart battery has helped develop the earliest low-power Wi-Fi chips.

Quickly replace the battery of your smoke alarm. You can also try Leeo Smart night light, once your home smoke or carbon monoxide alarm sounded, it will send the alarm message to your phone, so far away you find in time, and then call the fire service, as much as possible to reduce losses.

Are there any similar products for door locks? If you want your home door locks to be intelligent, consider August and Danalock's new generation of smart locks that can be used with your existing door lock system to make it a smart door lock with Bluetooth capabilities.

If you don't want to throw away those led bulbs that cost 20 dollars a year ago, try the Emberlight smart bulb base to make your existing bulbs smarter.

There are a lot of products like this.

You might ask, why not just discard the old equipment and replace the new one? First of all, it's a bit wasteful. Second, if everyone throws away existing electronic devices such as smoke alarms, they will fill the landfill with E-waste.

But perhaps more importantly, it is easier to transform existing equipment into smart devices. Replacing a battery on a device is much simpler than replacing a full set of smoke alarms or thermostats, as long as you turn the screws and connect the wires.

2015, the renovation of existing old equipment into smart home equipment, may become a new development trend.

(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)