Smart Speakers & Displays

Whether controlling your smart home devices, streaming your favorite music or staying productive through voice commands, smart speaker systems offer a lot of utility and functionality. While there are some differences between smart displays and smart home speakers, these devices perform the same tasks. Learn more about smart speaker systems below.

What Are Smart Speaker Systems?

When you connect smart speaker systems to WiFi-capable devices (like smart thermostats, smart locks or smart bulbs), your smart home speaker or display acts as the centerpiece of your smart home operations. This means you can control all of your smart home devices from one centralized location. Staples offers two different smart systems: smart displays and smart speakers.

Smart Displays

Smart displays are smart home hubs that accept signals from all of your smart home devices for convenient, centralized control. This allows you to issue commands to each device through a single app rather than keeping track of a variety of apps that are typically associated with each device. Smart displays are equipped with screens that allow these devices to share visual content in addition to sound.

Smart home displays carry a lot of different features, depending on the manufacturer. Staples is selling smart displays from popular brands such as Google Nest and Amazon Echo, in addition to other universal hubs.

Smart Speakers

Smart home speakers are very similar to display speakers when it comes to the task they can perform. However, smart speakers are not equipped with screens so they only share content by sound and only take voice commands.

Staples offers smart audio speakers from several brands such as Amazon Echo and Google Nest.

How Do I Use Smart Speakers and Smart Displays?

Once you’ve purchased your smart speaker system, the next step is to connect it to the local network in your home or office. Your smart device can connect to your Wi-Fi system and requires an included app for full functionality.

To control your smart home devices through your newly purchased smart speaker or display, simply add those devices through their associated apps, and you’ll be ready to make commands and control everything in your smart home.

What Are The Benefits Of Smart Home Speaker Systems?

There are several benefits associated with owning and using a home automation device. Below are just a few of the efficiencies you can expect.

Centralized Control

A smart home speaker or display will allow you to compile all of your smart devices in one place. These smart speaker systems let you unite and control your smart home devices through one app, using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Scheduled Tasks

Smart home displays and speakers allow users to coordinate and set schedules for their smart devices ahead of time. For example, if you have an automatic coffee maker that you want to start every morning and have your smart lights come on at the same time, your smart home device can let you synchronize these tasks into a routine that fits perfectly into your preferred schedule.

Remote Accessibility

When you have smart speakers or smart displays installed at your home, you can access these devices remotely. You can turn lights on and off, check your security cameras and control your thermostat all from your mobile device even when you are away from your property.