Archetech Issue 38 2018 | Page 110

NICE EXPANSION NICE LOOKS TO THE FUTURE AS IT CELEBRATES ITS 25TH YEAR. Home Automation specialist Nice continues along its path of international expansion by acquiring Polish company FIBARO, one of the major players worldwide in the Smart Home sector, which offers a true wireless, modular ecosystem for a connected, controlled and customized building suited to the user’s specific needs. In addition to existing lines of automatic gates, garage doors, shutters, blinds and access barriers, Nice will now be able to offer a complete range of integrated Smart Home products which are the heart of the home and building management system, including award winning advanced multifunction sensors, which monitor the indoor environment for factors such as flooding, fumes and presence of CO, sensors that detect whether doors and windows are open, acoustic alarms and cameras. It also offers innovative heat controllers that optimize the temperature of the house and allow significant energy savings. The applications for smartphones and tablets are extraordinarily easy and intuitive, and are available from the App Store, Google Play and the web. Moreover, it is possible to control FIBARO devices by voice control, choosing among several virtual assistants, such as Google Assistant®, Amazon Alexa® and Apple’s Siri® which respond to voice commands