The new system will be offered in the U.S. and Canada later this month. There are three tiers of products to choose from:
- Starting at $100: RF, IR, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth receiver that can control living room and smart home devices. There’s no physical remote. Instead, you pair the Hub with a Logitech app that turns smartphones and tablets (both iOS and Android) into touch-screen remote controls.
- Then at $150: there’s the Harmony Home Control package, which pairs the Home Hub with a traditional universal remote—in all its rubbery, physical button glory. The remote itself has upwards of 40 buttons, many of them assignable.
- At $350: Harmony Ultimate Home setup, which includes the Home Hub and a remote control that mixes more than 20 buttons with a 2.4-inch, color touchscreen. Both the $150 and $350 package remotes use RF signals to connect to the Home Hub, allowing the receiver to be hidden in cabinets rather than cluttering up a home entertainment system. The remotes can be used up to 30 feet away from the Home Hub.
Those who already own a Logitech Harmony remote, but want to upgrade to a smart home set, can trade in their old remotes for $100 toward the $350 Harmony Ultimate Home combo at Best Buy. Chad Thompson, senior director of worldwide marketing and product management said:
As more connected devices such as the Nest Learning Thermostat, Philips hue lights and August Smart Locks come to market and enter the home, there’s more of a need than ever before for a centralized way to simply control all of the home’s devices – the Harmony Living Home lineup does just that.
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In the video above, Chad Thompson outlines details of the Harmony Living Home lineup of products, giving you easy access and control over a wide library of entertainment and home automation devices, all from one centralized control system.
The Full Press release follows:
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NEWARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today Logitech (SIX:LOGN) (NASDAQ:LOGI) announced it is bringing its expertise and leadership in universal remotes to the home control market with new home automation product compatibility and four new products. The new Harmony® Living Home lineup gives you easy access and control over a wide library of entertainment and home automation devices, all from one centralized control system.
“Harmony led the path for simplifying home entertainment, and now we’ve taken that expertise to also simplify home automation,” said Chad Thompson, senior director of worldwide marketing and product management. “As more connected devices such as the Nest Learning Thermostat™, Philips® hue lights and August™ Smart Locks come to market and enter the home, there’s more of a need than ever before for a centralized way to simply control all of the home’s devices – the Harmony Living Home lineup does just that.”
With just a few easy steps your remote, tablet or smartphone can now control your TV, set-top box, speakers, lighting, thermostat, door locks, window shades and other popular devices. Plus, you can easily combine multiple devices into Activities to trigger at once so you can power on your TV, dim your lights, adjust the temperature and open your window shades all at the same time. You can start an Activity with one touch of your remote or mobile device, automatically on a custom schedule, or by passing a sensor. You can even trigger Activities from the Harmony Mobile App when you’re not at home.
Highlights of the new lineup include:
Logitech Harmony Home Hub
The Harmony Living Home experience is made possible by the Logitech Harmony® Home Hub. It uses RF, IR, Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi to relay commands from Logitech Harmony Living Home remotes or the Harmony Mobile App to the wide array of home entertainment and home automation devices. The Logitech Harmony Home Hub is included with the Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home and Logitech Harmony Home Control, or it can be purchased separately for a suggested retail price of $99.99.
Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home
The Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home remote features a bright 2.4-inch color touch-screen and allows you to integrate and control all of your compatible home automation devices and up to 15 home entertainment devices. You can swipe and tap the touch screen to access all your Harmony Activities, see a device’s status and modify its settings, change channels, adjust volume, and fast-forward or rewind. The Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home is available in black or white for a suggested retail price of $349.99.
Logitech Harmony Home Control
For those who prefer a simple, button-only remote, the Logitech Harmony Home Control – in addition to the Harmony Mobile App for your tablet or smartphone – works with the Harmony Home Hub to give you access and control of your home automation devices and up to eight home entertainment devices. The Logitech Harmony Home Control is available in black or white for a suggested retail price of $149.99.
Logitech Harmony Hub Extender
For customers wanting even more control, Logitech also introduced the Logitech Harmony Hub Extender. The Extender enables additional compatibility of the Logitech Harmony Home Hub, controlling lights, locks, sensors, garage doors and other devices operating through ZigBee® or Z-Wave®. The Logitech Harmony Hub Extender is expected to be available for a suggested retail price of $129.99.
Device Compatibility and Availability
August, Honeywell, Kwikset™, Lutron®, the Nest Learning Thermostat, PEQ, Philips hue, Schlage®, SmartThings, Sylvania®, Yale® and Zuli are among the brands and platforms joining the Harmony library of more than 270,000 compatible devices. And with the introduction of the Harmony Developer Program, the list of compatible devices will continue to change and grow. For the most up-to-date list of compatible devices, please visitmyharmony.com/compatibility. If you’re a brand interested in becoming a part of the Harmony Developer Program and integrating with the Harmony platform, please visit myharmony.com/developer.
The Logitech Harmony Living Home lineup is expected to be available in the U.S. and Canada beginning in September 2014. The Logitech Harmony Hub Extender is expected to be available in the U.S. and Canada beginning December 2014. For more information on the Harmony Living Home lineup, please visit www.myharmony.com or our blog.
About Logitech
Logitech is a world leader in products that connect people to the digital experiences they care about. Spanning multiple computing, communication and entertainment platforms, Logitech’s combined hardware and software enable or enhance digital navigation, music and video entertainment, gaming, social networking, audio and video communication over the Internet, video security and home-entertainment control. Founded in 1981, Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI).
Logitech, the Logitech logo, and other Logitech marks are registered in Switzerland and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information about Logitech and its products, visit the company’s website at www.logitech.com.
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