Harmony Home Hub gets voice control with Ivee and Ubi

It seems that every day there are new ways to make us more lazy...ahh...automate our homes. Controlling devices by a smartphone or tablet has become old school. Now options exist that allow for voice commands. Harmony, which is a top choice in universal remotes, is getting in on the act with new partnerships.

Logitech, which controls the Harmony brand, is announcing deals with both Ivee and Ubi. Both allow you to speak the commands and they, hopefully, happen. As Harmony points out it's simply "OK Ubi, watch Netflix".

"Ubi transmits your command to Harmony Home Hub, your TV powers on, Apple TV starts, the sound system is ready", the company states. That's one example, of course. It doesn't have to be Apple TV, Harmony works with almost every device you could have,

While Ubi is a speaker, Ivee is an alarm clock -- though it does a bit more. Say "hello Ivee" and follow it up with your command. Turn off the lights in that room downstairs that you forgot -- providing your lighting system is connected, of course.

Logitech concludes "Ubi and ivee are just two companies using the Harmony API today. Logitech continues to work with new and exciting partners to connect the frontier of smart home control with the existing devices people use everyday".