The Partnership Will Allow Josh.ai Systems to Integrate Vantage’s Luxury Lighting Control System
CARLSBAD, Calif. — April 9, 2024 — Legrand’s lighting control brand, Vantage, today announced it has partnered with www.josh.ai, the leader in AI for the custom home. This partnership will ensure feature parity across Josh.ai’s intuitive app and natural voice control interfaces. Vantage customers will be able to adjust the brightness, color, and temperature of their lights, along with precise percentage level adjustments for opening or closing shades to manage daylight in whatever way feels easiest — via the Josh App, Josh remote, or voice commands, as well as from Vantage keypads.
“We’re excited to roll out our Vantage integration for our mutual dealers and clients,” said Alex Capecelatro, CEO of Josh.ai. “As Josh has grown, our team has heard more requests and is proud to deliver a transformative solution to pair with Vantage InFusion systems. Our partnerships are extremely important as we recommend innovative solutions to our customers. Our goal with Josh.ai is to deliver a magical experience, and we’re thrilled that Vantage adds so many environmental possibilities to that vision.”
In addition, the integration brings more flexibility to integrators, allowing them to use relays as Josh switches in more environmental settings. For climate automation, Josh.ai’s capabilities include selecting HVAC modes, specifying current temperatures, setting temperature setpoints, and controlling fan speed.
“We are thrilled to join forces with Josh.ai to bring this transformative integration to life,” said Richard Laliberty, Product Marketing Manager, Shading and Residential Controls, Legrand North America. “By combining our expertise in lighting controls with Josh.ai’s advanced AI capabilities, we are empowering users to interact with their spaces in a more intuitive way. This partnership exemplifies our shared commitment to innovation and customer-centric solutions.”
After authorizing the integration within Josh.ai’s new NIMBLE DevSuite, Vantage InFusion II controllers running firmware 2.3 and above will automatically populate the Josh.ai web portal. The instant discovery of a Vantage system’s floor plan and programming has been built with the installer in mind to expedite the implementation process.
Vantage customers will experience an unmatched level of convenience and sophistication when setting the ambiance to their exact specifications. They will be empowered with granular device control in the Josh App, the ability to build custom scenes to set the perfect mood, and with contextual voice commands across their whole home. For example, commands like “OK, Josh, it’s too dark in here,” and “OK, Josh, open the east blackout shades at sunrise.” These commands open up a range of limitless potential. The integration with Vantage becomes truly transformative when giving complex requests like, “OK, Josh, dim the lights, draw the shades, turn on the fireplace, and set the temperature to 72 degrees.”
The convenience of Vantage lighting control enhances the experience of any living space, while the balance of natural and artificial light is essential to maximizing architectural aesthetics. Vantage systems deliver a simple, streamlined approach to controlling complex, modern residential spaces. Vantage systems include the Vantage LHUMAN Human Centric Lighting solution, which provides precise lighting control with motorized window shading and lighting fixtures to create an interior lighting environment centered on life and well-being. Homeowners can let LHUMAN do the work for them — automatically adjusting their home’s light throughout the day, fully synchronized to the natural daylight from the sun — while easily making changes on the fly with preset scenes that deliver the appropriate lighting color temperature and intensity to meet their current activity, need, or mood, as well as raising and lowering motorized window shades to harness the power of natural lighting. All it takes is the touch of a button on the lighting control keypad or a command through the Josh.ai system.
About Legrand and Legrand, North and Central America
Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Its comprehensive offering of solutions for commercial, industrial, and residential markets makes it a benchmark for customers worldwide. The Group harnesses technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving lives by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical, digital infrastructures, and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Drawing on an approach that involves all teams and stakeholders, Legrand is pursuing its strategy of profitable and responsible growth driven by acquisitions and innovation, with a steady flow of new offerings—including products with enhanced value in use (faster-expanding segments: data centers, connected offerings and energy efficiency programs). Legrand reported sales of €8.0 billion in 2022. The company is listed on Euronext Paris and is notably a component stock of the CAC 40 and CAC 40 ESG indexes. (code ISIN FR0010307819). www.legrand.us
