If you haven’t heard of Oval it is a smart home sensor that monitors and detects changes in motion, temperature, humidity, light and water.

Recently Oval 2.0 has been launched on Kickstarter, if your wonder here are the key differences between Oval 1.0 and Oval 2.0.

Design
The unit has been redesigned, based on feedback and to improve functionality

Smart Home Connectivity
Oval 2.0 can talk to your other smart home tech, including Amazon Alex and Google Home. It can also connect to hundreds of other devices via IFTTT. This allows you to create your own applets.

Longer battery life
The new firmware uses Zigbee so power consumption is dramatically improved. Oval is now also shipped with higher capacity batteries.

Multiple Location Support
Control multiple Ovals in different locations on one account. Great for holiday home owners or keeping an eye on your lock up.

Included Water Sensor
You can now use the water sensor out of the box with no extra purchase required.

Wireless Gateway
Ovals gateway is now wireless, allowing it to be placed where you need it.

Mesh capabilities
Add multiple gateways to create a mesh network to improve performance and range

Oval 2.o is currently on Kickstarter with an aim to ship in November 2018.

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Oval digital today announced the launch of their latest smart sensor Oval 2.0

If you have not heard of Oval it’s a Smart Sensor startup from New York. They launched in 2017 with great reviews and have since been sold in 32 countries.

Their smart wireless sensor alerts you if it detects a range of triggers from motion to temperature. Making any area or object smarter.

Oval 2.0 has taken their smart sensor to the next level. Connecting it to the rest of the smart home, including Nest, Ring, Alexa and IFTTT. Allowing you to ask Alexa the temperature in the bedroom or use Oval as a trigger in IFTTT.

Mike Harry, CEO of OVAL Digital Inc, commented:

“No two homes, or people, are alike, and OVAL was created with this in mind. After our initial release, we spent the year speaking to our customers all over the world, learning how they were using OVAL around the home and asking how we could improve our smart sensor to provide even more value to our customers. OVAL 2.0 is the result of both customer feedback and the latest technology available.”

The Oval app has also been given a big overall and includes new features like real-time view and analytics to spot patterns.

Oval 2.0 is available for pre-order today via Kickstarter

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