Control4 X4 – what’s it, and is it well worth the hype?
In September we attended the EI Reside! exhibition in Farnborough, the annual showcase for good expertise and providers from throughout the worldwide customized set up trade. As you’d count on, it’s a present we wish to attend and listen to “from the horse’s mouth” about new developments and tendencies inside the sector, and newest merchandise and improvements from the good house trade’s foremost manufacturers.
Of specific curiosity to us this yr was Control4 X4 software program, the brand new upgraded working system and person interface for ADI / SnapOne’s main good house management system.
Pitched as having the ability to elevate the good house experiences, Control4 X4 has been created to supply a extra personalised and intuitive strategy to management and handle related units – TVs, audio, lighting and shades, safety and so forth.
ADI / Snap One [parent company of the Control4 brand] introduced the launch of Control4 X4 as “a serious leap ahead in automation, delivering a versatile, intuitive, fashionable, customer-centric and highly effective management expertise – empowering each skilled integrators and end-users alike.”
Majik Home has labored with Control4 just about because it was launched in 2004, and within the subsequent 21-years it has develop into a ‘go-to’ resolution for us. This is because of its compatibility with such a broad spectrum of third occasion units and programs however, for Majik Home, one of many greatest appeals is its ease of use for our purchasers.
Whether or not it’s a distant management, touchscreen or cellular app, the person expertise has all the time been wonderful, so you may recognize why the launch of the X4 working system and promise of bettering this expertise had us intrigued.
X4 is all in regards to the personalised expertise, and the brand new ‘widgets’ permit customers to make their house display bespoke with fast entry to often used features and the flexibility to re-arrange, re-size and alter room view structure. The Routines performance permits customers to create and edit simple automated actions and schedules, once more with much more flexibility and interactivity.
One of many huge advances is X4 additionally boasts expanded integration with Apple HomeKit, with direct management of related units and Control4 from iPhone, desktop and Siri voice instructions.
In a latest press launch, Jason Winchester, SVP Chief Product Officer mentioned “The Control4 expertise has progressed from a programmed system into an clever, adaptable good residing expertise… we all know that customers need simplicity, extra intuitive entry to wealthy options, and fashionable aesthetics multi functional handy package deal.”
For the reason that EI! Reside present we’ve got been testing and evaluating X4 in our personal houses and right here within the showroom, and our opinion is that Jason is true – this newest providing from Control4 is a superb development of their providing and effectively well worth the hype.
When you’d like to seek out out extra, please get in contact at information@majikhouse.com and we’d be joyful to rearrange so that you can go to our showroom right here within the South Lakes.
Images on this article offered by Control4 (ADI / Snap One).
