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The Ring Video Doorbell is advancing forward with the new software updates and features now available that help make it more reliable and less of an annoyance with false motion alerts. See below to help in setting up your Ring device. 1.  Open the Ring app and press the gear icon settings button located in the top right hand corner of the application. 2.  Press the Motion settings button as seen above to access the Ring's motion settings. 3.  You can now adjust how sensitive your motion sensor is when you have the motion alerts enabled on your Ring device. The middle default option may be just right for you but you may want to dial the sensitivity up to catch all activity or down for sensing people only. Important note that you can also adjust the area which the motion sensor tracks within the Motion Zones option. A larger zone or coverage will also make the sensitivity go up so a balance of the two settings is suggested to dial in yo

The Amazon Echo Dot is now available on Amazon.com . The new device from Amazon is a great inexpensive way to add voice control Alexa to many of your smart home devices you have with the list steadily growing. The Echo Dot gives you all the features of the original Amazon echo but has a smaller speaker that is not as suitable to play music through. This is a great option if you already have a music system and would just like to add the growing and improving voice control Amazon has created. The price point is $49.99 and orders are currently back ordered until mid October. Get in line today to add voice control to your smart home and click here  to see a list of all the available smart home devices the Echo Dot and Amazon Alexa work with.

Nest has announced new color options available for their flagship thermostat. The new colors options include White, Copper, Black and the traditional Stainless Steel. The new thermostat can be ordered directly from Nest  or most Nest retail stores locally. If you want to take advantage of the extended 5 year warranty on your thermostat you will need to find a Nest Pro in your area and have the thermostat installed for you which you can locate a dealer here .

Lutron's new Pico remote control is now available to seamlessly pair with your Sonos system giving you a music audio keypad for your Sonos system. The new Pico remote control gives you the quick convenient hard button control to play, pause, skip tracks and adjust the Sonos volume without having to launch the Sonos application on one of your smart devices. This new Pico remote control is available for your Lutron Homeworks, RadioRA2 and Caseta Wireless lighting system. The model number for the new Sonos Pico remote control is PJ2-3BRL-GWH-A02 and starts shipping September 15th, 2016 with a list price of $39.95.