Lenou

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Music and picture, in the same scene.

Speakers and TVs each have their own app. In Lenou they are devices in a room, that join in with the rest.

What it is

Music and television each bring their own remote and app. Lenou makes devices of them like the rest: with a tile in the room, and a place in a scene.

What Lenou reads and controls

Sonos

Local

Sonos and IKEA SYMFONISK speakers, over the network. No cloud.

Reads and controls
What plays, volume, mute and source; play, pause, next. Grouped speakers through the group, as the Sonos app does.

Apple TV

Local
Reads and controls
On and off, volume, what plays, opening apps, playback and the remote's keys.
Limit
Needs pairing once, with a code on the TV.

Samsung TVs

Local

Tizen sets from 2016 on, The Frame too, over their local API. No Samsung account.

Reads and controls
On and off, sources and apps, volume and keys; on The Frame the art mode.
Wall screen
Lenou can put its wall screen on the TV, and keeps it there.
Limit
The TV asks once, on screen, to let Lenou in. No volume level comes back from the TV.

LG TVs (webOS)

Local
Reads and controls
On and off, volume, mute, source and app; keeping the wall screen up too.
Limit
Needs pairing once on the TV.

Google Cast

Local

Google Home and Nest speakers and TVs with Cast, on the network.

Reads and controls
Volume, what plays, playback; start a radio stream, have a message spoken, and on a Cast with a screen show a web page.
Limit
The voice of a spoken message comes from Google Translate, so from the internet.

Spotify

Cloud

Through Spotify's Web API.

Reads and controls
What plays where, playback, volume, and moving playback between speakers.
Limit
Control needs Spotify Premium; reading does not.

Zone amplifiers on KNX

Local

Volume per room, also on amplifiers that only know louder and softer. See Home automation.

What that means in the app

  • One "Film" scene dims the lights, lowers the screens and switches on the TV.
  • A message through the house, spoken on a Google Home.
  • Lenou's wall screen on the kitchen TV, with one button.

Honest limits

  • Pairing with a TV or Apple TV happens once, on purpose, with someone in front of the screen.
  • Zapping channels and managing playlists is not something Lenou does.