Hardware Startup Democratizes Home Automation with their Simple Smart Switch
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Mar. 2, 2015 – Switchmate, a hardware startup striving to simplify the home automation space, today launched an Indiegogo campaign for their simple light automation solution. Unlike other smart lights, Switchmate requires no complicated rewiring or installation – it’s a sleek, minimalist lighting attachment that magnetically snaps on to any standard light switch, enabling users to control the switch via the Switchmate companion app.
“Smart products are supposed to make our lives simpler, but their set-up alone is often needlessly complicated,” said Switchmate founder Daniel Peng. “And for those of us who don’t own property, those installation processes aren’t just complicated, they’re impossible. Switchmate is accessible for everyone – renters, home-owners, students, nomads – anyone that wants the convenience of a connected home without the hassle of connecting it.”
Switchmate was founded by three Johns Hopkins engineers who found most home automation solutions to be needlessly complicated – they strove to create smart products that are simple to install and use. In lieu of convoluted circuitry, Switchmate has a clean white faceplate and a motor with two settings: on, and off. Since Switchmate does not require rewiring, it works for homeowners and renters alike.
The smart light switch is controlled via a companion app (available for Android and iOS). Users can register each Switchmate and control it from their smartphones. The app can also flip switches on or off at pre-set times, so users can schedule their lighting around their lives.
Switchmate is available for pre-order now for the limited-time-only Early Bird price of 3 Switchmates for $99. Check it out today.
For more information, download the press kit here.
About Switchmate
Switchmate, founded in 2014, is a Palo Alto-based startup dedicated to making the simplest smart home devices on the market. Their first product is a smart light switch that requires no rewiring or installation. The device is a sleek, minimalist lighting solution that snaps magnetically over standard switch plates, instantly turning them into smart switches. The Switchmate companion app allows users to turn lights on and off, on schedule or on demand, from their smart phone. Switchmate is a Highway 1 and StartX portfolio company.
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