PRESS RELEASE
London, 12th February 2018 – Netatmo, a revolutionary smart home company developing groundbreaking, intuitive and beautifully-designed connected consumer electronics, announces today the compatibility of four of its products with Apple’s HomePod. Starting today, Netatmo’s Smart Thermostat, Smart Radiator Valves, its outdoor security camera Presence and Healthy Home Coach are now compatible with Apple’s breakthrough wireless speaker. This new integration demonstrates the company’s continuous support of voice control and their desire to provide intuitive and customisable smart home experiences.
Through HomeKit, Apple lets innovative companies integrate with HomePod. With an array of six microphones, HomePod can hear “Hey Siri” from across the room, letting users control home accessories or set scenes through voice.
With HomePod, users can simply give Siri various commands in order to control their home. Just using their voice, owners of Netatmo’s compatible products can control their heating, their outdoor camera and learn about their indoor air quality.
“Hey Siri…
…turn up the temperature to 20°C in the living room”
The Netatmo Smart Thermostat and Smart Radiator Valves allow owners to use on average 37% less energy to heat their homes without compromising their comfort[1][2]. Owners of the Thermostat and Valves can control their heating by voice by asking, “Hey Siri, set my temperature to 20 degrees in the living room”.
…switch on the floodlight”
Presence, the outdoor security camera, distinguishes between people, cars and animals. It analyses in real-time if someone loiters around the home, if a car enters the driveway or if a pet is in the garden. Owners can say, “Hey Siri, show me the driveway” to get quick updates about the outside of their home.
…what is the humidity level in the bedroom?”
Healthy Home Coach, the smart indoor climate monitor, measures air quality, humidity, temperature, and noise in the house. It analyses each of these elements and sends recommendations to the user’s smartphone on how to improve air quality. Healthy Home Coach users can now also use HomePod to know more about their humidity by asking, “Hey Siri, what is the humidity level in the bedroom?”.
Price and availability
Thermostat: The Thermostat is available at the recommended retail price of £149.00 at major retailers such as John Lewis, Maplin, Argos and Amazon.co.uk and Netatmo.com.
Radiator Valves: The Valves are available at the recommended retail price of £69.99 at major retailers such as John Lewis, Cefco, Maplin, ShopUK, Amazon.co.uk and Netatmo.com.
Presence: Presence is available at the recommended retail price of £249.99 at major retailers such as John Lewis, Maplin, Amazon.co.uk and Netatmo.com.
Healthy Home Coach: Healthy Home Coach is available at the recommended retail price of £89.99 at the following major retailers: Apple, Maplin online, Amazon.co.uk and Netatmo.com.
About Netatmo
Netatmo is a revolutionary smart home company, developing groundbreaking, intuitive and beautifully-designed connected consumer electronics. Truly smart, Netatmo’s innovative products provide a seamless experience that helps users create a safer, healthier and more comfortable home.
Netatmo carefully designs the mechanics, electronics and embedded software of all its products to the highest standards. Netatmo also creates the mobile and web applications that fully realise their potential.
Since 2012 Netatmo has released thirteen devices and accessories, divided into four categories:
- Weather - The Personal Weather Station and its accessories, the Additional Module, the Rain Gauge and the Wind Gauge.
- Energy - The Smart Thermostat and the Smart Radiator Valves, both designed by Philippe Starck.
- Security - The security cameras Welcome, for indoor, and Presence, for outdoor, and their accessories, the Tags and the Indoor Security Siren, and the Smart Smoke Alarm
- Air care - Healthy Home Coach, the smart indoor climate monitor
Netatmo is a leading innovator in the smart home industry with products available through a growing network of distributors worldwide, selling to consumers through major retail and B2B channels.
Through its program “with Netatmo”, Netatmo develops connected solutions with leading brands in the building industry to be integrated into residential home infrastructure, whether new-build or renovation.
In November 2015 Netatmo completed a series B funding round of €30 million. The company previously raised €4.5 million in 2013.
[1] Source: average reduction in energy used by Netatmo Thermostat owners in Europe from October 2015 to September 2016 when compared to installations using non-programmable thermostats. Savings by country: Germany 37%, Belgium: 37%, Spain 42%, France: 33%, UK: 35%, Italy 39%
[2] A HomeKit Netatmo Smart Thermostat is required to enable Additional Smart Radiator Valves to work with HomeKit technology.”
