Vattenfall and Kärcher are new QIVICON partners
New functions for Telekom’s Smart Home app
AV-Test confirms that QIVICON provides effe...
Vattenfall and Kärcher are new QIVICON partners
New functions for Telekom’s Smart Home app
AV-Test confirms that QIVICON provides effective protection
Cleaning technology provider Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG and power utility group Vattenfall are new QIVICON partners. The Smart Home platform now has 32 partner companies. Many already offer products for controlling a Smart Home.

“In QIVICON,†says Jens Wagner, Head of Marketing Communication at Vattenfall Europe Sales GmbH, “we have chosen a cooperation partner that offers consumers ease of entry into the Smart Home world with its cross-manufacturer platform concept, enabling them to expand step by step on demand.†Vattenfall offers three starter packages to control lighting and heating and to provide security.

By innovation to world market leadership

Cleaning technology world market leader Kärcher is also expanding the range of the QIVICON Smart Home platform. “We are convinced that connecting building services will play an increasingly important part in our daily lives. As an innovative company we are delighted to be a QIVICON partner and help shape progress in this area,†says Hartmut Jenner, Management Board Chairman, Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG.
New version of the Telekom Smart Home app


The new version of Deutsche Telekom’s Smart Home app, available from the beginning of June, provides extended opportunities to control your home smartly. The app’s home page has been completely redesigned to display information even more clearly. In the new version devices can be activated individually and shown on the display for every situation. Previously, all devices that needed to be activated and deactivated were shown in every situation. Users can now also set up situations with a time overlap. The lighting in the living room can be set for a comfortable TV evening at the same time as switching a dimmed nightlight on in the children’s bedroom. Terminal devices can now also be activated and deactivated on both a time and a rule basis. Along with new functions, Telekom offers new terminal devices: motion detectors for indoor and outdoor use and a water alarm.
QIVICON provides effective protection

AV-Test GmbH’s test rating shows that QIVICON not only offers a wide range of partner products but also provides good protection from external intruders. The independent IT safety test provider AV-Test gave QIVICON a “Safe†rating. It found that the Smart Home platform used encrypted communication and provided effective protection from unauthorized access.
About QIVICON
QIVICON is an alliance of leading German industrial companies, initiated by Deutsche Telekom AGÂ with the aim of promoting the field of Smart Home technology and providing solutions for customers on a multi-manufacturer basis. Together with its partners EnBW, eQ-3, Miele and Samsung, Deutsche Telekom is developing a platform that covers areas such as energy efficiency, security and convenience in the home for people of every age group. QIVICON enables appliances and functions from different brands to be combined easily in the Smart Home.
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