Exhibiting at the Consumer Electronics Show for the first time, Honeywell is showing its new Lyric security and connected-home platform, featuring a uniform, sleek and industrial design, which the company says is “more about the experience than the technology.”
Lyric home security is the second product in the Lyric family, joining the thermostat which was introduced in 2014. It is a very sophisticated platform considered to be a “premium system” once launched around the ESX show in June. It is designed to make security and connected-home actions intuitive for the homeowner, as well as fun to use. For example, Lyric home security will respond to voice commands based on personalized presets. Homeowners will be able to disarm the system simply by saying: “Hello Lyric, I’m home!” which could also switch on the lights and adjust the temperature to their preferred setting. Using a customer’s smartphone location, the Lyric thermostat knows when homeowners leave and when they’re coming home to adjust the temperature accordingly. There are six present smart scenes, as well as customized smart scenes that can be set.