But the gadgets you may already have can be used to take your Halloween decorations to the next level.
When you put up Halloween decorations, you have probably run into one of two problems.
This especially leads to difficulties if you’re trying to keep everything in sync.
This year consider starting from the bottom.
This trick works even better with a smart light.
It’s easy enough to cut a notch in the back of the pumpkin for a power cord.
Then it’s possible for you to place a smart light, like aPhilips Hue Go, inside.
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Find a Halloween playlist you love and set up multi-room audio for all your devices.
And don’t stop with just music.
double-check you’ve adjusted yourmotion sensitivityaccordingly, and you’ll be sure not to miss any trick or treaters.
Extra Credit: Head to IFTT andconnect the doorbell to your smart lights.
For a spooky color, buy a cheap colored LED light and use that for the holiday.
If you’re doing a scary house, you might stealthily kill the lights for a quick fright.
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you’re able to use fun colors and dim lights to create some frightful window scenes.
A sudden unexpected light can cast the shadow of your bat filled window when the kids least expect it.
If you have color-changing lights, Halloween is the perfect night to use those lesser-used options.
Turn the room orange or red.
Set up some routines to change the light colors slowly throughout the night to add to the atmosphere.
Consider instead using smart outlets to control any of your plug-in devices.
Outdoor smart outlets are sold in ZigBee, Z-Wave, or Wi-Fi form factors.
Your hub and your voice-controlled gear support routines (or robots, etc.)
to automate your work for you and sync your devices together.
If you have multiple smart lights turn some out while others turn off and others fade out.
Now’s the time to throw a bright orange light against the window that has scary decorations.
This will free you up to provide the treats or the tricks as best as your imagination allows.
Tying everything together will allow you to have the most fun with the least effort.
Just be sure to have your video doorbell or your smart cameras record all the fun!
