URC, a global manufacturer of smart residential and commercial automation solutions, has announced Phase 2 of its Virtual Assistant, now featuring enhanced voice interaction capabilities.

Building on the successful beta launch in December and recent updates, this latest phase represents a significant leap in usability and convenience, enabling URC Certified Dealers to interact with the Virtual Assistant simply by speaking the company points out.

The N.Y.-based smart home company states its Virtual Assistant, available 24/7 through URC’s dealer portal and website, leverages AI to support URC’s Total Control and Complete Control product lines. By adding voice interaction, the company continues, URC provides an intuitive, hands-free way for dealers to access technical information, user guides, partner manuals, videos, and more.

“Voice interaction adds a new dimension of accessibility for our dealers,” says Chang K. Park, Founder and CEO, URC. “This enhancement continues our commitment to delivering innovative tools that support dealers in providing exceptional smart living experiences while improving their operational efficiency.”

URC Phase 2 Virtual Assistant Leverages Advanced AI Technologies

The integration of voice technology follows the release of an AI-powered Virtual Assistant earlier this year, designed to streamline dealer support notes URC. This feature offers dealers immediate solutions to technical questions, pulling from a constantly updated repository of information. Voice support means dealers can now multitask more effectively, accessing information with a simple voice command rather than navigating screens manually.

Following early positive feedback from the URC Certified Dealer community, this launch is expected to augment URC’s commitment to customer experience (CX) and dealer support innovation. The Virtual Assistant, backed by recent AI enhancements, provides more robust and accurate answers, setting a new standard for smart automation support.

“This addition of voice interaction is part of a larger vision for AI in our product ecosystem,” adds Ron Pence, marketing lead, URC. “Our mission is to continuously enhance dealer support tools to empower our partners to meet the needs of a rapidly evolving market.”

The Virtual Assistant offers several benefits that include:

Increased Accessibility: Dealers can now ask questions and receive answers while actively working on installations or troubleshooting on-site.

Faster Response Times: Immediate voice-activated responses save valuable time for dealers, eliminating the need to pause tasks to type inquiries.

Expanded Support: Voice commands allow for seamless, hands-free access to URC’s rich technical library, ensuring quick responses at any time.

For More Information:  www.urc-automation.com

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URC has launched its new all-in-one, combined lighting solution – branded URC Lighting LT-3300. This next generation of smart lighting allows installers to select either dimmers or switch configurations and easily program to create unique atmospheres for entertaining or quiet family events.

URC Lighting’s advanced benefits also include auto load detection, which eliminates the need to configure neutral or non-neutral installs (unless used as an accessory device). A built-in configuration button also provides simple touch scene control and a trailing-edge, colourful, customisable LED bar provides visual notifications. Further, sync can be performed across URC Lighting devices for multi-way lighting feedback.

When combined with URC’s Total Control system, residential customers can take advantage of premium lighting and integration. With eight popular colours, URC Lighting complements any designer environment. Easy colour change kits or colour paddles allow URC Lighting to create uniquely lit environments.

Homeowners can seamlessly launch customized scenes, receive notifications about their systems, and control intuitive lighting programs. Through URC’s Total Control System, URC Lighting is networked to provide complete integration, allowing scenes like Good Morning, Dinner Party, and Good Night to launch highly customized lighting sequences. URC Lighting devices display notifications for programmed triggers via a LED light. With a simple touch, URC Lighting enables smart control and automation across the Total Control system.

For More information: www.urc-automation.com

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URC, a manufacturer of smart home automation and control technology, and Allterco Robotics, a worldwide IoT brand, have entered a new chapter of collaboration in smart home and commercial automation technology. 

URC and Allterco Robotics U.S.’s flagship brand Shelly have begun offering certain Shelly products with Total Control, URC’s residential and commercial automation platform, effective immediately. This comes on the heels of the brands’ recent announcement of complete integration across major home and office automation sectors, including lighting, climate, energy management/electrical, shades/drapes, and mechanical operation for features such as doors and windows. 

URC dealers will now have access to certain Shelly products, allowing them to get all of their automation needs from one place. Wi-Fi-operated relay switches, scene activation buttons, dimmers, door or window sensors, flood sensors, humidity and temperature sensors, motion sensors, RGBW controllers, plugs, and power devices are among the Shelly products which are  now available through URC’s e-commerce portal. 

This integration has a lot of advantages for smart home and commercial setups. Shelly goods bring a diverse set of sensors that can be used in a wide range of projects, from small to large. Shelly products are also Wi-Fi enabled, allowing for seamless connection with URC’s Total Control system. There is no need for a gateway or a succession of gateways, making installation simpler and more efficient.

Additional benefits include automated lighting, climate, energy management/electrical, and shades/drapes, as well as fast, easy e-commerce options and delivery information. Also with professional installation, Shelly sensors can trigger scenes within the Total Control environment and URC’s voice commands via Alexa, Google Home, or Comcast Xfinity to provide a two-way connection with simple operation. Finally, you may use URC controllers and the mobile app to operate your house or workplace from any room or via geofencing. 

“We grow more and more excited with the URC Total Control integration. We have set our minds to work with the best in the industry and URC’s commitment to quality and customer satisfaction is second to none. On a daily basis, URC dealers are enthusiastically showing us new ways to use our own products and giving us new ideas to support this channel,” said Svetlin Todorov, CEO, Allterco Robotics US.

“Following the popularity of our recent full integration across the Shelly product line, we realized that offering a single source for our dealers would deliver efficiency and peace-of-mind for our dealers,” stated Lars Granoe, Vice President of Product, URC. “URC looks to continue to expand our partnership with Shelly,” added Granoe.

URC and Allterco Robotics are planning more integrations with this new integration platform to provide end-users with distinct, innovative, and customizable experiences.

For more information, visit https://usa.shelly.cloud/  and www.urc-automation.com. 

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URC, a global pioneer in smart home automation and control for residential and commercial applications, announced today a partnership with Carrier, a leader in home comfort solutions and part of Carrier Global Corporation. This collaboration will propel the Infinity® system into a new phase of smart home and commercial automation technologies. With Total Control®, URC’s award-winning residential and commercial automation platform, Carrier customers can control their Infinity®, Bryant Evolution, Connex, and ICP ION systems on-site and remotely. The technology is now available.

“Carrier is committed to delivering a best-in-class customer experience,” said Todd Nolte, Managing Director, Replacement Components & Product Management, Residential HVAC, Carrier. “We are excited to collaborate with URC to jointly put control at the fingertips of homeowners”, added Nolte.

For URC clients, combining the power of systems and devices ushers in a new era of smart home control. The following are some of the key advantages:

1. Automation Programming Made Simple — URC’s home automation dealer community makes programming simple, fast, and professional.
2. Remote Access and Control — Use the URC user interfaces or the Total Control app to control your system from anywhere.
3. Unified & Seamless Integration — Simply automate numerous climate zones, as well as other smart categories like lighting, security, audio, video, and more, with URC’s Unified Modules.
4. Create Robust Scenes – Launch scenes that create the ideal environment with professional programming. “Good Morning” or “Goodnight” sceneries, for example, can modify the climate, lighting, shades/drapes, and energy monitoring.
5. Voice/Hands-Free Control – URC’s voice commands through Alexa or Google Home enables two-way communication and straightforward homeowner operation.
6. Energy Efficiency – Understand your energy usage and ways to reduce costs.

With features like wireless connectivity, occupancy sensing capabilities, and built-in intelligence, the Carrier Infinity®, Bryant Evolution, Connex, and Ion system controls are created for homeowners who appreciate the value of accuracy. The system control gives the homeowner unprecedented flexibility over comfort and energy savings.

“Delivering next-generation, unified experiences for homeowners and simplified deployments for our dealers are the strategic imperatives behind this integration with Carrier,” stated Lars Granoe, Vice President Product Development, URC. “It adds to our industry-leading integration portfolio enabling broad, simplified automation”, added Granoe.

Image Source: URC Automation & Carrier 

For More Information Visit: http://www.urc-automation.com/

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URC and Legrand came together and worked hand-in-hand to provide seamless control of Legrand’s Vantage lighting and climate systems through Total Control, URC’s residential and commercial automation platform. This integration allows events to manage numerous systems and devices using native use cases in Total Control’s Scenes menus.

“While our lighting and climate systems offer homeowners incredible benefits from comfort to helping to boost productivity, how they command and control these systems is just as much part of that experience,” says Charlie Derk, Director of Product Marketing, Shading and Residential Controls, Legrand North America. “We’ve worked with URC for years, and this is a natural expansion of our collaboration that helps our customers achieve the smart home capabilities that they envision”, adds Derk.

Offering a wide range of latest products, Vantage provides accurate automated lighting control, which comes with intuitive and sophisticated interfaces. Also, URC’s Total Control systems are smart, reliable and easy to install. Combining the power of Vantage’s and URC’s systems and devices, ushers in a new era of smart home technology for the URC dealer community and customers.

The key advantages:

• Seamless & Unified Integration: Users may automate numerous climate zones, as well as other smart categories such as lighting, security, audio, video, and more, using URC’s Unified Modules.
• Energy Efficiency: Assists homeowners in better understanding their energy usage and finding strategies to save money.
• Robust Scenes: Users can launch scenarios that create the ideal setting using skilled programming. “Good Morning” or “Goodnight” sceneries, for example, modify the climate and lighting devices.
• Remote Control and Access: Allows for convenient control on-site, via the URC user interfaces, or via the Total Control app, which allows for multi-room control.
• Voice/Hands-Free Control: URC’s voice commands, which can be accessed via Total Control interfaces, Amazon Alexa, or Google Home, enable for two-way communication and simple homeowner operation.
• Automation Programming Made Simple: Professional programming is simple and quick thanks to URC’s dealer network.

“This collaboration continues our relationship with Legrand and elevates residential and commercial user experiences with true integrated control and automation,” stated Lars Granoe, VP Product at URC.

About URC

URC is the world’s leading provider of smart home automation and control systems. With over 100 million remote controls sold in the last ten years, URC technology is known for unparalleled performance and reliability. To know please visit , https://www.urc-automation.com/

About Legrand

Legrand is a leading provider of electrical and digital building infrastructure around the world. To further enhance their offer of complete solutions, they recently purchased established companies such as Numeric and Valrack. For more information https://www.legrand.co.in/

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URC announced the release of its integration with KNX sensors and actuators. A global brand for over 25 years, KNX sensors communicate with actuators to control residential and commercial lighting, shade, and HVAC products. URC’s new integration works across its system controllers and KNX products.

With this new integration, dealers can program URC’s Total Control system to create optimal lighting levels, set shades at the desired level (based on exterior light levels), and control HVAC settings. Benefits include saving energy resources, creating perfectly lit experiences, and optimizing temperature levels.

KEF LS50 Wireless II Speaker Control
URC announced the release of its integration module with the KEF LS50 Wireless II loudspeaker system for high-quality audio control. This one-way driver uses the custom device layouts as it opens and closes the audio streaming source and adjusts the volume.

About URC
Authorized U.S. URC Total Control dealers can purchase URC Total Control and a whole host of third-party products that easily integrate with the Total Control system on the URC dealer-only portal.

Interested systems integrators can email :
totalcontrol@urc-automation.com

Register  at :
www.urcportal.com

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URC, a global leader in smart home automation and control for residential and commercial applications, recently launched the TKP-8600, its most advanced user interface.

URC’s latest innovation in user touch screens offers next generation integration of automation, control, voice activation and audio capabilities. This premium in-wall touch screen features an 8 inch high-resolution screen and sleek profile. The brilliant, high-resolution LCD displays vivid images including live video from door stations and surveillance cameras. The built-in AV intercom offers convenient room-to-room communication. It is perfect for high-end residential and commercial installations.

Advanced benefits of this new touch screen include:

• High-resolution, optimized user experience
• Voice activation or Push-to-Talk with Alexa Voice Assistant
• Live camera view with integrated MJPEG and/or H.264 camera streams
• Native audio/video interface that makes calls and intercom functions easy and intuitive
• Responsive proximity sensor that wakes the device when approached
• Built-in 3-microphone array to recognize audio commands from across the room
• Faster processing speeds for a more immediate response

When combined with URC’s Total Control system, residential and commercial customers can take advantage of premium integration by controlling hundreds of devices throughout diverse environments. The TKP-8600 is the portal to industry leading integration portfolio with hundreds of popular brands in the following sectors: lighting, audio, video, climate, shade, drape, pool/spa and more.

URC has created a new in-wall mounting kit that allows its certified dealers to install this new touch screen flush to the wall. Available in brushed aluminum (natural aluminum and black), this wall mounting kit fits the demands of today’s designer, upscale residential and commercial environments.

To know more visit –https://smato.in/

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An expansive 2000 sq ft studio, spanned across two floors, set in the heart of Camp area- Pune. Designed by Arterra Global, the Smato studio aims to provide a unique, surreal customer experience in the world of automation and AV. 

Smato’s complete range of solutions is housed under one roof, from wireless to wired automation, invisible speakers to audiophile-grade home theatre design, security, networking products, and so much more. 

On The second floor dwells the wireless product range from Hogar. The floor below, has a 60-inch Mirror TV in the open living area, along with in-ceiling speakers from TruAdudio and architectural speakers from Italy.

The experience continues on to the mock bedroom featuring a 5.1 Dolby surround system made with invisible speakers from the UK. The home theatre display, has multiple Dolby surround sound systems along with stellar automation controls. All together creating a must-visit venue for all architects, interior designers, or smart home enthusiasts. 

As Smato endeavours growth in Western India, this studio adds tremendous value, providing the public with a dependable brand for all their home automation and a/v demands. 

The Kolkata-based company is focused on being the transformation in the smart home industry. Led by two University of Illinois alumni, Shreyans and Shubham, Smato has set its path for exponential growth and be the leader in this industry. By following disruptive thinking and innovation along with partnering with leading brands like ABB, Basalte, URC, Architettura Sonora, TruAudio, Evervue, and others around the globe. 

Studio Address: 815/816, Bhawani Peth, Near Pudamjee Police Chowki, Pune – 411042, Contact Jay, Mobile:  9767066664 

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