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12-20-2024, 01:14 PM
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The holidays are here, and as I grabbed my suitcase to pack for my yearly trip to see family, there was this unavoidable trepidation of “leaving my home alone” for such a long period of time. This time was even more intense because I’d just moved into a bigger new place, and this would be the first time we’d be away for more than a day. Even more worrying was that we’d just installed a few new smart home products (https://www.androidauthority.com/best-smart-home-devices-3496884/), and I wondered how they’d behave while we were out. Or if they’d be any useful.
As I mentally rehashed every scenario in my mind, I started taking notes of everything I had to test and every setting I needed to enable/disable/check before leaving. So here’s a bit of a refresher if you’re also jetting off for the holidays, based on my experience.
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-prepare-smart-home-before-leaving-3509965/)
The holidays are here, and as I grabbed my suitcase to pack for my yearly trip to see family, there was this unavoidable trepidation of “leaving my home alone” for such a long period of time. This time was even more intense because I’d just moved into a bigger new place, and this would be the first time we’d be away for more than a day. Even more worrying was that we’d just installed a few new smart home products (https://www.androidauthority.com/best-smart-home-devices-3496884/), and I wondered how they’d behave while we were out. Or if they’d be any useful.
As I mentally rehashed every scenario in my mind, I started taking notes of everything I had to test and every setting I needed to enable/disable/check before leaving. So here’s a bit of a refresher if you’re also jetting off for the holidays, based on my experience.
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-prepare-smart-home-before-leaving-3509965/)