Somfy is proud to partner with Josh.ai to empower clients with contextual and private voice control of their shading solutions. Through this integration, Josh.ai can control the full line of RTS and Zigbee wireless motorization products from Somfy. This includes a wide range of treatments and applications from roman shades and drapery, to awnings, pergolas, and rolling shutters. The integration not only includes access to shading systems with conversational voice commands, but also automation capabilities based on factors like time of day and climate conditions to ensure a client’s surroundings receive the proper exposure to daylight.
Somfy’s wide array of fabricator partners provides designers, developers, and professional installers with limitless possibilities to offer their clientele. Josh.ai’s location awareness and advanced understanding of shade types enables precise control of window coverings like sheers and blackouts. Natural language commands like, “Ok Josh, close the east blackouts,” as well as, “Ok Josh, raise the first floor solar sheers 75%,” are now possible for Somfy clients.
Somfy’s unique position as an OEM component allows us to do the technical legwork for the variety of our artisanal customers, so that they can be confident that their products will sit in the controlled environment in a reliable and consistent way. With this, all RTS and Zigbee Somfy motorized product will be able to integrate seamlessly into the Josh.ai voice-controlled, home.
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About Somfy Systems Inc.
Somfy is the world’s largest manufacturer of motors for interior window coverings and exterior shading solutions. For more than 50 years, Somfy has designed and manufactured intelligent motorization solutions to improve everyday life. By creating safe, reliable, and sustainable solutions that support the best way of living, Somfy delivers convenient natural light management solutions for any space. With 200+ million motors produced over the last half-century, Somfy innovates to automate and connect shades, blinds, draperies, awnings, rolling shutters, and exterior screens & pergolas for commercial and residential buildings in 58 countries across the globe.
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