In today’s ever-evolving world, the latest tech innovations are continuously transforming the way we live, and now, it seems even our homes have been heavily influenced by the latest developments, too. At a time when convenience is considered key, the luxury homeowner is constantly looking for ways to make their lives easier, and smart home tech is proving itself to be the answer – allowing us to quickly and easily control everything from our lighting and heating to entertainment systems through just a few taps of our smartphone screens.
Even our bathrooms aren’t immune to high tech advancements, and now, there’s an app for everything from controlling your shower pressure and temperature to flushing your toilet. Smart bathrooms are revolutionising our daily routines, elevating both personal hygiene and comfort with effortless ease, combining cutting-edge technology with contemporary design to create a luxurious and thoroughly futuristic bathroom experience.
Behold, a new era of bathrooms is upon us. Here are four of the most up-to-the-minute features to consider adding to your bathroom for the ultimate in intelligent modern luxury.
The smart toilet
The smart toilet offers a range of features designed to elevate hygiene, cleanliness, and overall user experience. Featuring heated seats for maximum comfort during the colder months of the year, with adjustable water temperature as well as bidet, as well as air drying and deodorising functions, it seems there’s nothing these handy additions to your bathroom can’t do. Their most impressive feature? The fact that they can self-clean, which means no more long hours spent scrubbing and disinfecting yourself. Smart toilets use ultraviolet light or electrolysed water technology to do the job for you and ensure your bathroom environment remains hygienic and germ-free. It really doesn’t get much smarter than that. We love LESSO intelligent toilets, which as well as coming with a host of exciting features, looks pretty stylish, too.
The smart shower system
The time we spend in the shower shouldn’t just be functional – it should feel thoroughly luxurious. After all, it’s just as much an act of self care as it is personal hygiene, and thanks to the latest smart home shower systems, it finally feels like one. Pre-set temperature and waterflow settings make it possible to tailor your experience to suit your personal preferences, with voice control capabilities allowing you to change things up a bit mid-shower, completely hands free. If you’re really eager to create a relaxing mood, then opt for a system that comes with customisable light settings, too, which allow you to change up the colour scheme and adjust the dimness. Many smart shower systems also offer water-saving features that will help to ensure you’re using your supply efficiently – which is an added bonus if you’re trying to live a little bit more sustainably.
The smart mirror
If you thought you’d heard it all at this point, then get this; even mirrors come with smart capabilities these days. Integrated with touchscreens, LED lighting, and built-in speakers, they give you access to a host of features and provide up-to-the-minute information on everything from the news to the local weather. Because many smart bathroom systems can work together, smart mirrors can also serve as the control panel for your smart toilet, shower system and more – and like most, can be activated using your voice if your hands are wet for maximum user friendliness.
Automated taps
Perhaps one of the oldest and most common smart home fixtures is the smart tap – which you’ve likely encountered many times before because they have long been popular in luxury hotels. They might not be anything new, but motion sensor activated taps are an essential addition to any smart bathroom and are a great choice for optimising hygiene and saving water by automatically turning themselves off when not in use. In doing so, they can also help protect you home from accidental flooding; many of us have accidentally left a tap on at some point, and the results can be devastating – but as well as deactivating themselves when you’re finished with them, smart taps can often be programmed and switched on and off via a smartphone app or voice control, too.
