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4 ways to use smart gadgets to entertain this New Year's

The festive season is upon us, and there's no better time of the year to surround yourself with your friends and loved ones for a nice meal or party. And with New Year's Eve coming up, we all have the chance to celebrate another year gone, and the exciting potential that comes with 2016's beginning.

While hosting any sort of get together is a lot of fun, it can come with a lot of work before and during. Luckily, smart home technology and connected gadgets can provide a digital helping hand when it comes to pretty much any type of in-home entertainment.

Here are just a select few ways smart gadgets can help you throw the best party on your street this holiday season — all made possible with the Samsung SmartThings hub and the compatibility that the open SmartThings platform has with hundreds of smart devices. 

1. Control your music
A party simply isn't a party without some great music. Control the music all through your house or flat with a smart speaker system like the Samsung Wireless Audio-360. You can even program the system to turn music on at the opening of a door, which is a great and unexpected way to welcome a guest into your home or into a specific room.

2. Customise the lighting throughout your home
Smart lighting systems like Philips Hue let you control lighting in any room of your home. You can set your lights to coincide with your doorbell ringing or someone standing outside your front door. For example, you could set the lights to flash red when a guest is knocking, so you won't have to worry about not hearing them over the music and conversation.

3. Help guests wake up with an automatically brewed pot of coffee
Of course, a successful party starts with the quality of the people attending, but food and drink often come in at a pretty close second. After everyone has filled up on festive appetizers and cocktails, use a Samsung SmartThings Power Outlet in conjunction with your coffee maker to automatically brew a pot of coffee to keep everyone awake so you can keep the party going all night.

4. Keep guests out of rooms you’d like to keep private
You may not want attendees going into your bedroom or other rooms in your home. A Samsung SmartThings Motion Sensor can send you notifications when movement is detected in certain areas. You can also use it to turn lights on automatically when movement is detected. This way, you and your guest will be able to see without fumbling around for a light switch when heading to the kitchen for a drink of water in the middle of the night, or while heading downstairs to the basement for a fresh bottle of wine while the party is in full swing.

Source: www.mashable.com