With the proliferation of smart home gadgets and systems that allow a homeowner in Toronto to control things like temperature, lighting, sound and music systems, garage doors, door locks and security cameras around the home, the ability to control your blinds with smart home blinds completes the smart home setup. What makes blinds smart? There are 2 key things smart home blinds should be able to do: 1) It can be remotely operated though an app which can pre-set scenes or schedules and also allow real-time remote control; 2) It can integrate with your smart home system to allow a common app that control the other smart gadgets to also control the smart home blinds. When it comes to smart home blinds in Toronto and the integration with smart home systems in Toronto there are a number of home automation systems in the local market. Home automation systems are typically either: 1) consumer grade (DIY) like IFTTT, Philips Hue, SmartThings, Zigbee, Apple HomeKit, Alexa, Google Home, etc.; or 2) Pro grade like Control4, Creston, Savant, Lutron, Elan, Brilliant, Alarm.com, etc. – we at Trendy Blinds offer solutions that are compatible to all above listed systems.