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Smart Home Diary: The true test of a technology’s value is to live without it for a while

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/philips-hue-app-lights-overview.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500)</div><p>I mentioned that planning a home move gave me <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/05/29/homekit-new-home-smart-home-diary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a couple of new perspectives[/url] on smart home technology, while starting from scratch in the new place forced me to think about what has and hasn’t <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/07/21/smart-home-diary-new-home-homekit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">justified its existence[/url].</p>
<p>They say that the true test of the value of anything is to try living without it for a while, and that’s exactly what I’ve been doing for the past couple of weeks.</p>
<p>Much as I love our new apartment, the view from which which came in very handy for <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/20/iphone-x-diary-camera-review/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testing the iPhone X camera[/url], the place has also required some work. It took a week to get broadband up-and-running, without which I couldn’t install anything, and we also needed to get some basics sorted before worrying about smart home tech …</p>
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