25 ways Wink makes the holidays easier (and more fun!)
With a Wink-powered smart home, choose exactly how you celebrate the most wonderful time of the year. Here are some ideas to get you into the holiday spirit:
- Baby it’s cold outside. Create a unique code for guests to punch into your smart locks so they’re not waiting in the snow.
- Protect packages by telling the courier where to hide them with the Ring Video Doorbell’s two-way talk feature.
- Unsure if you're in for a white Christmas? Wink Relay displays the weather on your wall.
- Watching “Elf” again? Use a “Movie Night” Shortcut in the Wink app to dim the living room lights.
- Schedule your Christmas tree, electric Menorah, or outdoor decorations to light up at sunset every night.
- Use a smart thermostat to only heat up the rooms you’re using. Holidays are expensive enough. No need to waste money on unnecessarily high energy bills.
- Holiday entertaining is exhausting. Plug your coffee maker into a smart plug and schedule it to start brewing automatically every morning, so you can catch a few more ZZZZZs.
- Quickly and affordably add some holiday cheer to your home by using color-changing smart bulbs, which can glow red, green, or millions of other colors.
- Let yourself sleep in — it’s dark most of the time now, anyway — with motorized blinds that can be programmed to open up late.
- When your Google Calendar “Vacation” event begins, Wink + IFTTT will automatically power down your home.
- Use Wink-compatible cameras to watch live video of your living room on your phone to make sure the cat hasn’t sabotaged the tree.
- If the kitchen heats up while you’re baking sugar cookies, a smart thermostat will cool it down automatically to your preferred temperature.
- Plug your slow cooker into a smart outlet to start cooking that delicious, oversized ham while you’re out doing last minute shopping.
- Help out-of-towners navigate the house at night by placing a motion sensor in the hallway, triggering lights to lead them to the bathroom.
- When meals are ready, call family into the dining room using your Relay home intercom system. You’ve worked hard enough.
- Use Relay + Fitbit to stay on top of your fitness goals. Calories don’t count again until January, but might as well keep an eye on your step count!
- Already left for the airport, but suspect you left the garage door open? One tap in the Wink app can secure your house.
- Accidentally leave the curling iron on after you headed out to a holiday party? If it’s plugged into a smart plug, use the Wink app to turn it off from afar.
- Order an Uber from your Relay and have a fun, safe New Year’s Eve celebration.
- Create a “Holiday” Shortcut to impress family and friends. One tap turns on decorative lights and plays a holiday playlist over the speakers.
- Use motion sensors to check if the closet full of presents has been opened.
- With winter comes the possibility of frozen pipes. Always be in the know by placing smart water sensors near big appliances - they’ll send you a notification if water is detected so you can investigate before you need the galoshes.
- Live in a warmer climate and don’t want Santa’s sleigh parked on your lawn? Turn on your smart sprinkler from inside to scare off his reindeer.
- Let Alexa read the kids “The Night Before Christmas” this year. Go to bed early.
- Give the gift of Wink! Wink Hub 2 is brand new for Holiday 2016.