KB Home Partners with Google® to Offer Smart Home System with Built-in Google Assistant
September 06 2018 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Partnership with Google is first of its kind
in the homebuilding industry
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) today announced the launch of its KB Smart
Home System featuring Google Assistant that leverages technology to
help make daily living easier, more efficient and more enjoyable
for new KB homeowners. The first-in-the-industry partnership with
Google will be initially implemented at select KB Home communities,
where customers can experience the convenience, advanced
connectivity and integrated technology features of the KB Smart
Home System.
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The KB Smart Home System is showcased at
KB Home's Stapleton Starlight Collection community in Denver.
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The builder’s KB Smart Home System provides a robust ecosystem
that can integrate an ever-expanding selection of compatible
devices and features, many of which will be available in select KB
Home Design Studios. Powered by Google Assistant, KB homeowners can
control the functionality of their smart home features, automate
routines to their individual preferences, and live more comfortably
in their new homes.
The KB Smart Home System will be included with new home sales at
select communities, in Denver, Colorado; Las Vegas, Nevada;
Jacksonville, Florida; and Orange County, California, and its
components will also be available as options to KB homebuyers at
the KB Home Design Studios in those markets. KB Home and Google are
aiming to expand the availability of the KB Smart Home System to
more KB Home communities across the country, based on consumer
response.
“We are pleased to be the first homebuilder that Google chose as
a partner,” said Jeffrey Mezger, chairman, president and chief
executive officer at KB Home. “Our new KB homes are built to fit
our homebuyers’ unique lifestyles, preferences and budgets. Now,
with the KB Smart Home System, we can elevate the performance of
their homes to provide them with an even greater degree of
day-to-day personalization and comfort. With just spoken commands
to a smart speaker or the touch of a button on their smartphone, KB
homeowners will be able to control smart devices such as their
thermostats and check who is at the front door.”
The KB Smart Home System features top-of-the-line products and
is designed to accommodate additional emerging technologies as they
come to market. The components include:
- Google Wifi “mesh” network that is
designed to deliver consistently strong and secure signal
throughout the home
- Two smart speakers, including a Google
Home, and a Google Home Mini, with voice control and automation by
Google Assistant
- Nest Hello Video Doorbell
- Professional installation and
integration of all devices for seamless interconnectivity by DISH
Smart Home Services after move-in
Additional smart home products, which use the best of today’s
advanced technologies, will be available at select KB Home Design
Studios. Customers can choose from a wide variety of options,
including connected appliances, light controls, motorized window
shades, door locks and more, to personalize their new KB homes and
create an easier, more intuitive lifestyle.
The KB Smart Home System will be showcased starting today at KB
Home’s Stapleton Starlight Collection community in Denver. KB Home
will host an open house on Saturday, September 15, 2018 from 1:00
p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Stapleton Starlight Collection, located at
9301 59th North Place in Denver. For more information about the KB
Smart Home in partnership with Google, visit
kbhome.com/kbsmarthome.
About KB Home
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is one of the largest homebuilders in the
United States, with more than 600,000 homes delivered since our
founding in 1957. We operate in 35 markets in seven states,
primarily serving first-time and first move-up homebuyers, as well
as active adults. We are differentiated in offering customers the
ability to personalize what they value most in their home, from
choosing their lot, floor plan, and exterior, to selecting design
and décor choices in our KB Home Studios. In addition, our industry
leadership in sustainability helps to lower the cost of
homeownership for our buyers compared to a typical resale home. We
take a broad approach to sustainability, encompassing energy
efficiency, water conservation, healthier indoor environments,
smart home capabilities and waste reduction. KB Home is the first
national builder to have earned awards under all of the U.S. EPA’s
homebuilder programs — ENERGY STAR®, WaterSense® and Indoor
airPLUS®. We invite you to learn more about KB Home by visiting
www.kbhome.com, calling 888-KB-HOMES, or connecting with us on
Facebook.com/KBHome or Twitter.com/KBHome.
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