Getting familiar with the Quatix 8<\/h2>\r\nThe Quatix 8 is intuitive. Indeed, I used it for a week before deciding to look up the manual online. However, like getting used to a new smartphone, some aspects take some introductory time, particularly finding where different menus live or returning to the home screen. And I\u2019d still prefer to be able to access the primary digital watch functions most easily \u2013 such as time, alarm, stopwatch. The latter I have only just found, nearly a year later.\r\n\r\nAs an active person, the Quatix 7 Pro and now this Quatix 8 has really helped to educate me, thanks to the wealth of information they provide. Who knew, for example, that my heart rate and calorie count would exceed that of a hill run when surfing or wave sailing? Hence, I can now don a wetsuit guilt-free over running shoes!\r\n\r\nRecording your activity can really help you to improve, particularly with fitness. Knowing my pace on runs, heart rate for hill sprints, distance and pace on open water swims has all been a fascinating new source of data. The Quatix comes pre-loaded with TopoActive maps so you can track your progress (or find your way home) and see it all clearly on the Garmin Connect app. It will also support Bluechart marine charts for sailing.\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/IMG_0509-320x400.jpg\")
\r\nMaking memories<\/h2>\r\nMuch like a smartphone, you (I) will probably never use most of the watch\u2019s capabilities, but choose to use what suits your lifestyle, and the data feedback is very impressive.\r\n\r\nFitness aside, my favourite features are the sailing and different watersports\u2019 modes offered. Being able to do speed-timed GPS runs with my kids and young nephews on a beach cat, clocking nearly 20 knots and seeing their delighted faces on the wire as they try to record the top speed, was unforgettable.\r\n\r\nAs was drag racing a friend on his Dart while I was wingfoiling \u2013 then being able to show him our tracks on screen (and knowing I\u2019d clocked 26 knots). The Garmin Connect app is very useful\/addictive for post-session analysis, too.\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/IMG_0516-320x400.jpg\")
\r\nA proper sailing smartwatch<\/h2>\r\nSuch functions are elementary for the Quatix 8\u2019s capabilities \u2013 it\u2019s a GPS watch that can provide remote control access to Garmin plotters, pilots and Fusion audio systems. The Quatix range has now long proven itself with the variety of marine functions and instrument mirroring it offers, including MOB alert.\r\n\r\nSailors can upload Bluechart marine charts, hikers can use Outdoor Maps with satellite overlay and topographic maps, and golfers get preloaded guides for over 43,000 courses worldwide!\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the connected features you choose to set up, such as message notifications, contactless payment and music storage\/players.\r\n\r\nThe sleep monitoring programme, with sleep score and insights, will also be a benefit for some \u2013 personally, I know I\u2019m a terrible sleeper, so don\u2019t want to be told that in writing!\r\n\r\nSome have experienced hardware issues and problems with the buttons on the Quatix range. Full disclosure, I had a hardware fault during the first month of wearing the Quatix 7 Pro. The start\/stop button locked up and stopped working, so the watch constantly thought it was in MOB mode. It was frustrating and made me realise how much I already relied on the watch. Garmin was quick with its support, and the replacement worked faultlessly \u2013 as has this Quatix 8.\\\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/IMG_0515-320x400.jpg\")
\r\nGarmin Quatix 7 V Garmin Quatix 8<\/h2>\r\nThe new Garmin Quatix 8 range adds the ability to answer calls and talk into your watch. Surely that was every child\u2019s dream who grew up in the 1980\u2019s watching Knight Rider (and perhaps use it to remote control a black Pontiac Firebird Trans Am)?\r\nAs well as the party trick ability this provides though, the Quatix 8 allows you to use the microphone for voice commands of its plotters or hands-free messaging, which can be useful when afloat and not wanting to expose your phone.\r\n\r\nFurther upgrades of the Quatix 8 over its predecessor Quatix 7 also include it being dive-rated to 40m, and providing remote control ability for Fusion speakers and Garmin trolling motors. This latter function could be particularly useful for kayakers seeking hands-free propulsion for fishing.\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/20250617_Social_MRN_4408-cmyk-630x354.jpg\")
\r\nIs the Garmin Quatix worth it?<\/h2>\r\nSo yes, I went from zero to hero on the beach of assembled laser sailors at the pre-start (in tech terms if not in performance). And I still manage to overcomplicate things and accidentally \u2018go back\u2019 to home on my watch in those critical final seconds. But I can\u2019t see myself ever returning to my bare wristed days or egg timer starts \u2013 the Quatix is with me to stay.\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s really a quality design that befits its price \u2013 so readable, with so many features, yet comfortable with a great, durable strap. I'm sold!\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n[jwplayer key=\"Kj7ryvxQ\"]<\/p>","excerpt":{"rendered":"
Walk the pontoons in any busy marina and you can often feel the difference between a yacht that is ready to go and one that isn\u2019t. Neatly coiled lines and a quiet sense of order suggest a yacht that will work in a turnkey fashion. The kind of readiness that turns a short weather window into an opportunistic sail, rather than a troubleshooting session. Increasingly, the expectation of modern owners is of a yacht that behaves itself and is ready to go. Owners are time-poor, sailing time is often condensed, and the tolerance for arriving aboard only to spend the first day fault-finding is lower than it used to be. These days owners want fewer preventable surprises at the start of a trip, and need less dependence on physically being there to keep the yacht in good order. Monitoring your yacht remotely: Pursuit of readiness A ready yacht isn\u2019t perfect, but it is broadly predictable. Batteries behave as expected. Bilges stay dry. You don\u2019t spend the first precious half-day checking that nothing has gone awry since the last visit. Traditionally, the solution was human: time, knowledge, and a good support network. A helpful yard. A guardian who runs systems, checks lines, keeps an eye on weather and deals with the small issues before they become big ones. That remains fundamental \u2013 particularly when owners live far from their yachts, or use them in short, intense bursts. What\u2019s changing is the layer that sits on top of that support. Technology that alerts you of problems even when you are far from your boat. Connected systems don\u2019t replace seamanship or maintenance, but they do make the yacht legible when you\u2019re not there. They turn a hunch that something \u2018feels off\u2019 into notifications of what has changed, and when. They give owners or yard staff the chance to intervene early \u2013 and early fixes are usually cheaper, easier, and far less likely to steal a weekend. It isn\u2019t glamorous. It\u2019s about shorepower that trips out, a bilge pump that starts cycling more often, a fridge temperature creeping up. The value to an owner isn\u2019t constant information, but the right information at the right time. Tide change Nick Heyes, managing director of Digital Yacht, describes the recent shift in this connected tech as a move from bolt-ons to platforms. For years, yacht technology arrived in pieces: a box for this, an app for that, each doing its own job but rarely giving you one coherent picture of what was happening aboard. The change, he says, is that it\u2019s finally starting to work seamlessly together. \u201cIt\u2019s like the early days of smart homes,\u201d says Heyes. \u201cYou could buy clever devices and you\u2019d feel very modern, but you were still running around with different apps and different logins. The magic isn\u2019t another gadget. The magic is when it all joins up \u2013 when it becomes one system that quietly does its job in the background.\u201d That joined-up part isn\u2019t just a nicer interface. It changes outcomes. …Continue reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4393,"featured_media":162639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3117,140,980,159],"tags":[3116,24,1633],"review_manufacturer":[],"acf":[],"introduction":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162643,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162633\/revisions\/162643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162633"},{"taxonomy":"review_manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_manufacturer?post=162633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\r\nA proper sailing smartwatch<\/h2>\r\nSuch functions are elementary for the Quatix 8\u2019s capabilities \u2013 it\u2019s a GPS watch that can provide remote control access to Garmin plotters, pilots and Fusion audio systems. The Quatix range has now long proven itself with the variety of marine functions and instrument mirroring it offers, including MOB alert.\r\n\r\nSailors can upload Bluechart marine charts, hikers can use Outdoor Maps with satellite overlay and topographic maps, and golfers get preloaded guides for over 43,000 courses worldwide!\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the connected features you choose to set up, such as message notifications, contactless payment and music storage\/players.\r\n\r\nThe sleep monitoring programme, with sleep score and insights, will also be a benefit for some \u2013 personally, I know I\u2019m a terrible sleeper, so don\u2019t want to be told that in writing!\r\n\r\nSome have experienced hardware issues and problems with the buttons on the Quatix range. Full disclosure, I had a hardware fault during the first month of wearing the Quatix 7 Pro. The start\/stop button locked up and stopped working, so the watch constantly thought it was in MOB mode. It was frustrating and made me realise how much I already relied on the watch. Garmin was quick with its support, and the replacement worked faultlessly \u2013 as has this Quatix 8.\\\r\n\r\n\r\nGarmin Quatix 7 V Garmin Quatix 8<\/h2>\r\nThe new Garmin Quatix 8 range adds the ability to answer calls and talk into your watch. Surely that was every child\u2019s dream who grew up in the 1980\u2019s watching Knight Rider (and perhaps use it to remote control a black Pontiac Firebird Trans Am)?\r\nAs well as the party trick ability this provides though, the Quatix 8 allows you to use the microphone for voice commands of its plotters or hands-free messaging, which can be useful when afloat and not wanting to expose your phone.\r\n\r\nFurther upgrades of the Quatix 8 over its predecessor Quatix 7 also include it being dive-rated to 40m, and providing remote control ability for Fusion speakers and Garmin trolling motors. This latter function could be particularly useful for kayakers seeking hands-free propulsion for fishing.\r\n\r\n\r\nIs the Garmin Quatix worth it?<\/h2>\r\nSo yes, I went from zero to hero on the beach of assembled laser sailors at the pre-start (in tech terms if not in performance). And I still manage to overcomplicate things and accidentally \u2018go back\u2019 to home on my watch in those critical final seconds. But I can\u2019t see myself ever returning to my bare wristed days or egg timer starts \u2013 the Quatix is with me to stay.\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s really a quality design that befits its price \u2013 so readable, with so many features, yet comfortable with a great, durable strap. I'm sold!\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n[jwplayer key=\"Kj7ryvxQ\"]<\/p>","excerpt":{"rendered":"
Walk the pontoons in any busy marina and you can often feel the difference between a yacht that is ready to go and one that isn\u2019t. Neatly coiled lines and a quiet sense of order suggest a yacht that will work in a turnkey fashion. The kind of readiness that turns a short weather window into an opportunistic sail, rather than a troubleshooting session. Increasingly, the expectation of modern owners is of a yacht that behaves itself and is ready to go. Owners are time-poor, sailing time is often condensed, and the tolerance for arriving aboard only to spend the first day fault-finding is lower than it used to be. These days owners want fewer preventable surprises at the start of a trip, and need less dependence on physically being there to keep the yacht in good order. Monitoring your yacht remotely: Pursuit of readiness A ready yacht isn\u2019t perfect, but it is broadly predictable. Batteries behave as expected. Bilges stay dry. You don\u2019t spend the first precious half-day checking that nothing has gone awry since the last visit. Traditionally, the solution was human: time, knowledge, and a good support network. A helpful yard. A guardian who runs systems, checks lines, keeps an eye on weather and deals with the small issues before they become big ones. That remains fundamental \u2013 particularly when owners live far from their yachts, or use them in short, intense bursts. What\u2019s changing is the layer that sits on top of that support. Technology that alerts you of problems even when you are far from your boat. Connected systems don\u2019t replace seamanship or maintenance, but they do make the yacht legible when you\u2019re not there. They turn a hunch that something \u2018feels off\u2019 into notifications of what has changed, and when. They give owners or yard staff the chance to intervene early \u2013 and early fixes are usually cheaper, easier, and far less likely to steal a weekend. It isn\u2019t glamorous. It\u2019s about shorepower that trips out, a bilge pump that starts cycling more often, a fridge temperature creeping up. The value to an owner isn\u2019t constant information, but the right information at the right time. Tide change Nick Heyes, managing director of Digital Yacht, describes the recent shift in this connected tech as a move from bolt-ons to platforms. For years, yacht technology arrived in pieces: a box for this, an app for that, each doing its own job but rarely giving you one coherent picture of what was happening aboard. The change, he says, is that it\u2019s finally starting to work seamlessly together. \u201cIt\u2019s like the early days of smart homes,\u201d says Heyes. \u201cYou could buy clever devices and you\u2019d feel very modern, but you were still running around with different apps and different logins. The magic isn\u2019t another gadget. The magic is when it all joins up \u2013 when it becomes one system that quietly does its job in the background.\u201d That joined-up part isn\u2019t just a nicer interface. It changes outcomes. …Continue reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4393,"featured_media":162639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3117,140,980,159],"tags":[3116,24,1633],"review_manufacturer":[],"acf":[],"introduction":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162643,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162633\/revisions\/162643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162633"},{"taxonomy":"review_manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_manufacturer?post=162633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\r\nIs the Garmin Quatix worth it?<\/h2>\r\nSo yes, I went from zero to hero on the beach of assembled laser sailors at the pre-start (in tech terms if not in performance). And I still manage to overcomplicate things and accidentally \u2018go back\u2019 to home on my watch in those critical final seconds. But I can\u2019t see myself ever returning to my bare wristed days or egg timer starts \u2013 the Quatix is with me to stay.\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s really a quality design that befits its price \u2013 so readable, with so many features, yet comfortable with a great, durable strap. I'm sold!\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n[jwplayer key=\"Kj7ryvxQ\"]<\/p>","excerpt":{"rendered":"
Walk the pontoons in any busy marina and you can often feel the difference between a yacht that is ready to go and one that isn\u2019t. Neatly coiled lines and a quiet sense of order suggest a yacht that will work in a turnkey fashion. The kind of readiness that turns a short weather window into an opportunistic sail, rather than a troubleshooting session. Increasingly, the expectation of modern owners is of a yacht that behaves itself and is ready to go. Owners are time-poor, sailing time is often condensed, and the tolerance for arriving aboard only to spend the first day fault-finding is lower than it used to be. These days owners want fewer preventable surprises at the start of a trip, and need less dependence on physically being there to keep the yacht in good order. Monitoring your yacht remotely: Pursuit of readiness A ready yacht isn\u2019t perfect, but it is broadly predictable. Batteries behave as expected. Bilges stay dry. You don\u2019t spend the first precious half-day checking that nothing has gone awry since the last visit. Traditionally, the solution was human: time, knowledge, and a good support network. A helpful yard. A guardian who runs systems, checks lines, keeps an eye on weather and deals with the small issues before they become big ones. That remains fundamental \u2013 particularly when owners live far from their yachts, or use them in short, intense bursts. What\u2019s changing is the layer that sits on top of that support. Technology that alerts you of problems even when you are far from your boat. Connected systems don\u2019t replace seamanship or maintenance, but they do make the yacht legible when you\u2019re not there. They turn a hunch that something \u2018feels off\u2019 into notifications of what has changed, and when. They give owners or yard staff the chance to intervene early \u2013 and early fixes are usually cheaper, easier, and far less likely to steal a weekend. It isn\u2019t glamorous. It\u2019s about shorepower that trips out, a bilge pump that starts cycling more often, a fridge temperature creeping up. The value to an owner isn\u2019t constant information, but the right information at the right time. Tide change Nick Heyes, managing director of Digital Yacht, describes the recent shift in this connected tech as a move from bolt-ons to platforms. For years, yacht technology arrived in pieces: a box for this, an app for that, each doing its own job but rarely giving you one coherent picture of what was happening aboard. The change, he says, is that it\u2019s finally starting to work seamlessly together. \u201cIt\u2019s like the early days of smart homes,\u201d says Heyes. \u201cYou could buy clever devices and you\u2019d feel very modern, but you were still running around with different apps and different logins. The magic isn\u2019t another gadget. The magic is when it all joins up \u2013 when it becomes one system that quietly does its job in the background.\u201d That joined-up part isn\u2019t just a nicer interface. It changes outcomes. …Continue reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4393,"featured_media":162639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3117,140,980,159],"tags":[3116,24,1633],"review_manufacturer":[],"acf":[],"introduction":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162643,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162633\/revisions\/162643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162633"},{"taxonomy":"review_manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_manufacturer?post=162633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Walk the pontoons in any busy marina and you can often feel the difference between a yacht that is ready to go and one that isn\u2019t. Neatly coiled lines and a quiet sense of order suggest a yacht that will work in a turnkey fashion. The kind of readiness that turns a short weather window into an opportunistic sail, rather than a troubleshooting session. Increasingly, the expectation of modern owners is of a yacht that behaves itself and is ready to go. Owners are time-poor, sailing time is often condensed, and the tolerance for arriving aboard only to spend the first day fault-finding is lower than it used to be. These days owners want fewer preventable surprises at the start of a trip, and need less dependence on physically being there to keep the yacht in good order. Monitoring your yacht remotely: Pursuit of readiness A ready yacht isn\u2019t perfect, but it is broadly predictable. Batteries behave as expected. Bilges stay dry. You don\u2019t spend the first precious half-day checking that nothing has gone awry since the last visit. Traditionally, the solution was human: time, knowledge, and a good support network. A helpful yard. A guardian who runs systems, checks lines, keeps an eye on weather and deals with the small issues before they become big ones. That remains fundamental \u2013 particularly when owners live far from their yachts, or use them in short, intense bursts. What\u2019s changing is the layer that sits on top of that support. Technology that alerts you of problems even when you are far from your boat. Connected systems don\u2019t replace seamanship or maintenance, but they do make the yacht legible when you\u2019re not there. They turn a hunch that something \u2018feels off\u2019 into notifications of what has changed, and when. They give owners or yard staff the chance to intervene early \u2013 and early fixes are usually cheaper, easier, and far less likely to steal a weekend. It isn\u2019t glamorous. It\u2019s about shorepower that trips out, a bilge pump that starts cycling more often, a fridge temperature creeping up. The value to an owner isn\u2019t constant information, but the right information at the right time. Tide change Nick Heyes, managing director of Digital Yacht, describes the recent shift in this connected tech as a move from bolt-ons to platforms. For years, yacht technology arrived in pieces: a box for this, an app for that, each doing its own job but rarely giving you one coherent picture of what was happening aboard. The change, he says, is that it\u2019s finally starting to work seamlessly together. \u201cIt\u2019s like the early days of smart homes,\u201d says Heyes. \u201cYou could buy clever devices and you\u2019d feel very modern, but you were still running around with different apps and different logins. The magic isn\u2019t another gadget. The magic is when it all joins up \u2013 when it becomes one system that quietly does its job in the background.\u201d That joined-up part isn\u2019t just a nicer interface. It changes outcomes. …Continue reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4393,"featured_media":162639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3117,140,980,159],"tags":[3116,24,1633],"review_manufacturer":[],"acf":[],"introduction":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162643,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162633\/revisions\/162643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162633"},{"taxonomy":"review_manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_manufacturer?post=162633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}