Friday, August 3, 2018

Former Alexa smart home chief and Windows Media Center founder joins Control4

Amazon’s former Alexa smart home boss, Charlie Kindel, is joining home automation specialists Control4. Kindel spent five years at Amazon and was instrumental in creating the Alexa and Echo Smart Home features along with the “Works with Alexa” program. At Control4, Kindel will lead the company’s overall products and services, which span across software and hardware to power home automation.

Control4 is one of the most popular home automation systems, and the company professionally installs more than 12,000 third-party products into homes alongside its own remotes, controllers, Android-based touchscreens, and keypads. The company installs intelligent lighting, multi-room audio / video, access control features, and even heating and air...

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