Hosting A Smarter Thanksgiving with Josh.ai 🦃

As families and friends prepare to celebrate the season of gratitude, your smart home can help set the stage for warm, welcoming, and stress-free gatherings. Josh makes it simple to adjust lighting, temperature, and queue up entertainment for an unforgettable event. This Thanksgiving, let your smart home handle the little things so that you can focus on sharing time, laughter, and connection with the people you love most.

Here are a few ways Josh can help make this Thanksgiving your easiest (and smartest) one yet:

Set the Perfect Seasonal Welcome Scene

Before anyone arrives, it’s easy to get your home holiday-ready with the tap of a button or a simple request. Whether you want to describe the vibe, like “Hey Josh, create a warm and inviting Thanksgiving scene with seasonal music” or adjust devices to your exact specifications, Josh is capable of seamlessly transforming your living spaces into a cozy environment. For example, it’s easy to create a custom “Thanksgiving Welcome” scene to:

• Set Ketra lighting fixtures to a warming amber glow.
• Raise Lutron shades to fill your home with natural daylight and then lower them at sunset for an intimate setting.
• Play holiday favorites on Sonos and fill your home with the sounds of the season.
• Control comfort by precisely adjusting the temperature with your Ecobee thermostats.

As a bonus touch, use Josh’s ImageGen feature to create the perfect Thanksgiving image for your Josh Touchscreens. For example, try “Hey Josh, create an image of a cozy, modern home prepped with a Thanksgiving feast” and set it for a festive homescreen.

Streamline Kitchen Prep With Cooking Assistance

Between timers, recipes, and family distractions, the kitchen can become hectic quickly. Fortunately, Josh is standing by to help keep things running smoothly. With hands-free control and built-in intelligence, you can delegate like a pro while staying fully in the moment with simple commands like:

• “Hey Josh, set a turkey timer for 45 minutes”*
• “Hey Josh, make the lights brighter”
• “Hey Josh, tell the kids a Thanksgiving joke”*

When you’re looking for any last-minute inspiration, JoshGPT is ready to lend a hand. For example:

• “Hey Josh, give me a holiday cocktail recipe with apple cider.”
• “Hey Josh, what’s a good vegetarian Thanksgiving side dish?”
• “Hey Josh, suggest a dessert I can make with leftover pumpkin purée.”

With access to trillions of data points, Josh is able to quickly deliver personalized recipes, step-by-step instructions, and ingredient substitutions when needed.

Whether you’re basting the turkey, stirring the gravy, or experimenting with a new dish, Josh helps you stay organized, informed, and hands-free to make your kitchen the heart of the holiday celebration.

Welcome Guests Without Missing a Beat

When the doorbell rings, there’s no need to drop what you’re doing or rush to the door. With an integrated DoorBird door station and IC Realtime cameras, you have complete visibility to the outside world with access control at your fingertips. Set up a custom notification so that when someone approaches, Josh will alert you and share a description of what it sees through your door station camera.

With your Josh Touchscreen, the Josh App, or even a voice command, you can welcome guests and unlock the door without leaving the task-at-hand. Whether you’re cooking, entertaining, or in the middle of the big game, Josh makes it seamless to greet visitors while keeping your home secure. You can even set up a custom announcement that plays a turkey gobble across your home when each guest arrives as a fun and festive Thanksgiving greeting.

Take Control of Thanksgiving Entertainment

Between the classic Thanksgiving Day Parade or the slate of big football games, it’s all about enjoying each and every moment. Josh makes it effortless to tune into live TV on Xfinity without missing a beat.Simply ask, “Hey Josh, watch CBS” or to throw on gameday. Josh will instantly turn on your Sony TV, switch to your Xfinity cable box, and like magic you’re ready to sit back and enjoy a turkey-induced food coma.

Take your entertainment experience a step further by creating a custom scene that dims the lights, closes the shades, turns on your fireplace, and raises the surround sound for everyone to feel like they’re in the middle of the action. When it’s halftime, a commercial break, or time to grab a second helping of turkey and mashed potatoes, ask Josh to brighten the lights and queue up your favorite dinner party playlist to keep the energy going.

Brace Yourself for Black Friday

As Thanksgiving wraps up, Josh is standing by to help you prepare for Black Friday with ease and efficiency. Ask Josh to set an early alarm paired with the weather forecast to make sure you’re ready for the day ahead, and pair it with a high-energy playlist to kickstart your shopping excursion.

While you’re focused on beating the rush, Josh will make sure your doors are locked, lights are off, and your shades are closed while you’re away hunting deals. If you feel like you forgot to activate your “Away” scene or any devices in particular, it’s easy to check your home from anywhere with the Josh App to ensure your peace of mind. With Josh, focus on maximizing your shopping strategy, staying organized, and enjoying a stress-free start to the holiday season.

Giving Thanks with Josh

Whether you’re hosting a big event or enjoying a quiet evening with family, Josh helps make every aspect of your Thanksgiving easier and more enjoyable. From morning prep to post-dinner relaxation, you can count on your smart home to respond naturally, adapt intuitively, and create an experience that’s as seamless as it is meaningful.

This Thanksgiving, let Josh handle the details so you can focus on great company, delicious food, and the gratitude that accompanies lifelong memories.