Smart speakers and voice assistants are ubiquitous these days. Many people use various smart speakers from Amazon, Google, and Apple for information, music, quick questions, and home automation. With tempting Black Friday sales and prices at this time of year, it's tempting to get one or more for your home.

While these smart speakers and their intelligence platforms are great, they are also sometimes frustrating – especially when it comes to home automation. Commands to turn on a light sometimes have to be repeated. They have a limited understanding of context. Ask your child to flip on a light, and they look for the nearest switch and turn it on. Ask a voice assistant, and it can sometimes be an exercise equivalent to telling your child, "it's the switch to your right, the one on the wall, white, 2 inches above your eye level.” If that’s a frustration you’ve experienced, you might be glad to hear there is another option.

Elite Technology Solutions has recently partnered with Josh.AI, a voice assistant that is exclusively designed for home automation and aims to be the personal assistant that always understands what you want. Elite is proud to be the only home automation company offering the Josh.AI solution to the Ladue, MO community. Read on to learn more about a new dimension in voice control for your home.

Everyone's home is a reflection of their personality and lifestyle. People choose, consciously or subconsciously, those things that make them feel comfortable at home. Whether your style is ultra-modern or traditional, and your lifestyle is relaxed or chock full of action, you fill your home with what makes you happy.

When it comes to home automation and smart technology, too many solutions force you to adapt to a new model. You want to control your lights? Do it this way. Your entertainment? Here’s our app. Elite Technology Solutions believes in a different approach; whatever smart home features you want should adapt and be tailored to your lifestyle and your home in Weldon Springs, MO. That's why Elite is a Crestron dealer, as Crestron makes sophisticated home automation solutions customized for your concept of what a home should be.

If you're embarking on a new or revamped home theater project, there are a considerable amount of details to sort out. Choosing the right room, equipment, seating, décor, acoustic treatment, wiring, and much more all factor into the equation. It may seem like a daunting task, but that's where a professional home theater design company like Elite Technology Solutions can help.

Elite can guide you through the entire process and provide you the theater you envision. Moreover, we work with premier companies like CinemaTech, which helps you design and see a virtual model of your theater before the work starts. Keep reading to learn more about a stress-free home theater design experience for your Clayton, MO home.

With so many people working from home and business travel severely restricted, video conferencing has gone from a convenient technology to a must-have solution. Conferencing and collaboration solutions like Zoom have become a household word. However, in the business and personal world, many others exist and continue to be used, like Microsoft's Skype and Teams, Slack, GoToMeeting, Google Meet, and more.

While working from home might continue for longer than expected, the fact remains that some teams still are working in person, and offices will be full in the future. How up-to-date are your conference room systems? If you’re saddled with out-of-date video collaboration hardware and software, now is a great time to invest in a state-of-the-art solution for your Chesterfield, MO firm. Keep reading to learn more about Crestron Mercury, an easy way to bring modern video collaboration to almost any meeting room.