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# Smart Devices
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Smart devices are electronic devices that are interconnected, connected to a local network or
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connected to the internet.
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Smart devices include smart home devices aswell as smartphones, smartwatches and more.
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They can often be considered to be part of the Internet of Things (IoT).
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Smartphones can use an operating system like [Android](/wiki/android.md).
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Other devices often use customized versions of [Linux](/wiki/linux.md).
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## Smart Home
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Many smart home devices can be controlled via [Bluetooth](/wiki/bluetooth.md), Zigbee or Z-Wave.
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[Home Assistant](/wiki/home_assistant.md) is a free and open-source software that is designed to be
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a central control system for smart home devices.
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## Smartwatches and Smart Bands
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Smartwatches and bands are wearable computers in form of a watch or armband.
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They can include biomonitoring and other applications.
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Smartwatches and bands are often connected to a smartphone.
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On [Android phones](/wiki/android.md) [Gadgetbridge](/wiki/android/gadgetbridge.md) can be used as
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an alternative to proprietary applications by the smart devices' vendor.
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## Smartphones and Tablet Computers
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Smartphones and Tablet computers are among the most used electronic devices.
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They are often used to [communicate](/wiki/communication.md) or
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[surfing the internet](/wiki/web_browser.md).
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### Remote Control and Screen Mirroring
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[Android](/wiki/android.md) based devices can use [scrcpy](/wiki/android/scrcpy.md) to mirror the
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screen and allow controlling it by a [Windows](/wiki/windows.md) or [Linux](/wiki/linux.md) system.
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### Usage as a Webcam
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Smartphones and Tablet computers usually are equipped with a decent camera.
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If a [Linux](/wiki/linux.md) or [Windows](/wiki/windows.md) system is missing a
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[webcam](/wiki/webcams.md) which is only rarely used it can be useful to repurpose the smart device
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as a webcam.
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This can be done as explained in the [webcam entry](/wiki/webcams.md#using-a-smartphone-as-webcam).
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