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The demand for residential areas near city centres has increased considerably over recent years. This led to the rapid emergence of various apartment buildings and other housing establishments. In these types of living spaces, practicality is so often preferred. However, this is not to say that practicality should hinder accessibility and convenience. In this article, we are going to talk about how we can improve both accessibility and convenience for our apartments. This list will include features such as smartphone entry, remote door unlock, doorbell cameras, and other smart gadgets or appliances.
Smartphone Entry
Most of us carry our phones with us anywhere we go. These devices have grown to be a major part of how we conduct our daily activities. With smartphones, we can send and receive messages, calls, emails, and plenty more useful functions. In an attempt to further maximize the usage of our smartphones, it would be wise to also include parts of accessing our apartments. Effectively, this replaces the functionality of traditional keys or key cards. As a result, we would have to carry fewer items with us when we go out of our apartments for work or whatever the case may be. This would mean that we reduce the risk of losing or misplacing our keys.
Additionally, it also acts as a duplicate or a failsafe in case other methods fail. Finally, smartphone entry enables us to integrate various devices and appliances into one ecosystem. This allows us to better monitor and controls different functionalities and features within our living space.
Remote Unlocking
This function is typically an extension of the smartphone entry feature. Essentially, this allows us to lock and unlock the doors in our apartment rooms despite the lack of physical interaction. In other words, we can grant or prevent access to our living areas whether or not we are in the vicinity. Remote unlocking is not only a convenience feature but it is also a security feature at the same time. On the accessibility side, say we want to let the maintenance personnel enter our room to do some repairs and we are already at the office. Instead of having to leave the keys elsewhere or going home to hand it to him, we could just use the internet to connect to our home appliance system and unlock the doors remotely. On the security side, say we forgot to lock the doors after heading out. Instead of having to go back home to lock it, we could just use the remote unlocking feature to lock the doors remotely or even program it to automatically lock if it detects that we are beyond a certain range.
Doorbell Cameras
One of the most popular gadgets that people install in their houses and apartments are doorbell cameras. These devices allow us homeowners to monitor and interact with the person at our doorsteps. On one hand, this is very convenient if we want to confirm that the person at our door is someone we know and that we are expecting. On the other hand, this also acts as a safety feature so that we can effectively carry out a conversation without having to go and meet the person face-to-face. Doorbell cameras are also a great way to see if we have a package or parcel delivery. Most doorbell camera apps are accessible through smartphones and so we can open the app and check the cameras at any point during the day.
Other Gadgets
There are plenty more gadgets that we can use to improve accessibility and convenience within our living areas. This could be in the form of smart gadgets and appliances, which often includes speakers, televisions, air conditioners, etc. These devices can be connected to an integrated home system app via the internet and it can be accessed through our smartphones. The main advantage for this would be that we can monitor and control everything through our phones, providing many different functionalities at just the tip of our fingers.
