How is this powered? Do I need to hook up a USB charger to my door now?
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Home Depot Launches Smart Glass Doors That Turn From Clear to Opaque
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Why would you need to swap it out? It's not like the door would magically stop being a door, at worst you would be stuck with 1 shade (which is what the doors with glass in them now are).
I love my smart glass sliding doors. 6 years and not an issue. If you lose power it goes to clear so no problem.
Home Depot today launched new Smart Glass Door options that are able to transform from clear glass to opaque glass with a smartphone app, providing versatility for customers who want to be able to block light or people from seeing inside a home at select times of the day.
The Smart Glass Doors are made by Feather River Doors and are powered through Hubspace, a smart home app that integrates with several products sold by Home Depot, including light bulbs, ceiling fans, blinds, outlets, and locks.
The Smart Glass Doors can be controlled with an app that's available on the iPhone, but there is no HomeKit integration or support for Siri, which is a major downside for people who have a HomeKit setup. There is, however, support for Alexa and Google voice control.
When activated, the glass in the door is able to change from clear to privacy, which is a more opaque look. The glass is laminated for energy efficiency, and the door itself is made from fiberglass filled with high density polyurethane foam. It is unpainted, so it can be painted to match a home.
There are several models with different amounts of glass, with pricing that starts at $800. The doors will be available in select Home Depot stores starting on October 28.
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In ten years it'll be rotted out, so you'll be replacing it anyway.
(In this area are 120+ year old homes still with the original windows and doors. Yes terrible R-zero insulation, but that old wood has withstood time.)
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This tech has been around for ages, I’ve been saying for the longest time I would love to see it implemented in an Apple Watch.
You turn it opaque so that you can use the watch apps and such, but turn it transparent to see a beautiful traditional mechanical movement. All this is completely automated like magic for the user experience.
Transparent OLED display can also do “augmented reality” type stuff, like digital complications over the analog clock hands, notifications that you can still see while looking at the watch, etc.
Just a dream of mine anyway. I like the Apple Watch but I miss the joy of a real watch, and to an extent I do feel like I’m “slumming it” with a digital watch.
You turn it opaque so that you can use the watch apps and such, but turn it transparent to see a beautiful traditional mechanical movement. All this is completely automated like magic for the user experience.
Transparent OLED display can also do “augmented reality” type stuff, like digital complications over the analog clock hands, notifications that you can still see while looking at the watch, etc.
Just a dream of mine anyway. I like the Apple Watch but I miss the joy of a real watch, and to an extent I do feel like I’m “slumming it” with a digital watch.
Why pull the shades when I could just grab my phone from the other room and open the app and wait for it to load and hope that it loads nope wait need to restart and now I tap through to the options and tap the last button and the glass is . . . CLEAR
I'd think that depends on what you're doing when the power goes out...
Honesty $800 is a great price for this. Even Feather Rivers basic modern doors cost this and more. Entry doors can go for several times that.
Disappointed in all the hate for a fairly mature technology for a good price. This will fit some people’s needs. I, for one, will never put blinds on my front door. That’s just tacky and has its own issues. My house’s style is fairly modern and this would be perfect for us. I don’t care for Hubspace but I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a manual switch or button that can be used on the door itself.
Disappointed in all the hate for a fairly mature technology for a good price. This will fit some people’s needs. I, for one, will never put blinds on my front door. That’s just tacky and has its own issues. My house’s style is fairly modern and this would be perfect for us. I don’t care for Hubspace but I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a manual switch or button that can be used on the door itself.
There is in fact a Hubspace integration with Home Assistant. You'd have to use HACS to install it, but its there and it works great. I have 2 Hubspace ceiling fans that I have connected through this integration and I haven't had any problems at all.
I guess I'm also in the minority that I don't really have a problem with the Hubspace app either like others do.
I guess I'm also in the minority that I don't really have a problem with the Hubspace app either like others do.
It’s been homes and businesses for years just not at Home Depot pricing. My home patio windows and office conference rooms have them and it gives my inner child a Star Trek vibe every time 🙂
As someone who has been heavily invested in the Smart Home space, the poster has a valid concern regarding lifecycle. The SmartHome space is filled with failed companies and orphaned devices, including some by large corporations including Staples Connect, Wink, Insteon, iHome, Revolv, and Lowe's Iris to name some of the bigger names. In most cases users are left with expensive "dumb" devices. At least Lowe's avoided the PR nightmare by buying back many of their devices.
Does someone make a smart plastic sheet to go over existing windows?
Quick google:yes there is!
Smart film
Quick google:yes there is!
Smart film
I don’t understand why so many people are negative towards this. We’re actually looking to our place our front door with the full screen panel in it with blinds. They cost about $2000, and this one is about half the price and I can control it remotely if I want to. to me, this is a win-win.
Fun fact… I used to work for the company that created this technology over 20 years ago
Glad to see it’s finally “mainstream” 😄
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Liquid crystal materials turn conventional glass into dynamic surfaces.
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Glad to see it’s finally “mainstream” 😄
I actually like this. I have a glass door to the backyard that has a blind with those little clips at the bottom to keep it from swinging around when you open and close the door. Because of that the blind stays closed and clipped in place 90% of the time. I think this product would result in my door being clear glass just about every day, especially if I could have it on a schedule like some of my blinds where it was “open” (clear) at 9am or something until 7pm or 8pm when they “close.”
It would be nice if this had a standard switch that could be mounted in a standard switch box or remote or something. Smart apps are fine and should be supported, but I don’t like seeing them be the primary or only control.
It would be nice if this had a standard switch that could be mounted in a standard switch box or remote or something. Smart apps are fine and should be supported, but I don’t like seeing them be the primary or only control.
Interesting! Are you sure they were first? Maybe longer than you're thinking? EPCOT had this on display at Inventions back around 1997, I think. It turned up a few years later at an ice cream shop in the revamped area of West Palm Beach...for a bathroom door. Needless to say, guests were nervous about the power going out! 😂Fun fact… I used to work for the company that created this technology over 20 years ago
Liquid Crystals for Windows
Liquid crystal materials turn conventional glass into dynamic surfaces.www.emdgroup.com
Glad to see it’s finally “mainstream” 😄
Until you can’t, that’s the source of the negativity for many. Especially if the manufacturer has disappeared.
Homekit is junk.
I have played with it and it's useless. Try setting the fan speed on the aircon, or use the defrost option, vane direction, etc etc, its all unsupported.
Between Eve and HomeKit my outdoor security camera/light is just a big bag of frustration, I have disabled the light because it randomly will not turn off.
How about logic functions if/then/else/and/not...?
Zigbee and things like Hubitat are so far ahead of HomeKit it's not funny. And it works with high quality commercial options from the likes of Schneider which is available in most of the world, not just the USA.
It does not need an Apple TV to be there to function, it has a web front end not a proprietary one.
6 Months of total frustration with HomeKit has made me dump it. It is the one Apple product that over promised and under delivered. I will not go back to it.
Maybe I missed it but…
Is the default/powered off state “privacy” (opaque)?
Is the default/powered off state “privacy” (opaque)?
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