Smart Home Nation

Tanya Memme explores an insanely beautiful Los Angeles smart home that has brough voice control to all new levels. The home is owned by the inventor of Josh a.i., the newest in voice-controlled home systems. It's like Siri or Alexa on steroids and it's coming soon to a smart home near you. Next, Tanya tours a Zen-like luxury home that has super-sized its home security. A blast-proof wall protects the main floor from any explosion, and a security dome matrix of cameras, sensors and laser trip wires make this home as impregnable as Fort Knox.

Tanya tours a spectacular seaside mansion outside LA where air, water, light and sound are all monitored by a high-tech system that aims to maximize human health. Tanya discovers that this home, which is built into the side of a cliff, has an integrated wellness technology improves everything from sleep to mood. Next, Tanya explores an the latest in smart technology that happens to reside in a house built nearly 200 years ago! This 1835 Georgian-style historic home in Toronto is filled with smart surprises. The biggest one: the entire house had to be lifted to put a state-of-the-art home theater underneath its two-century-old floorboards.

Ever seen a 100-foot-high retractable skylight? Tanya hadn't either, until she visited this astounding Beverly Hills estate that boasts smart features from the basement all the way to the roof. Next, not every smart home needs to be a mansion. A smart home developer downsizes his family home into a health-driven sanctuary that focuses on the five senses. Touch, sight, smell, taste and sound all work seamlessly into this Wellness-on-a-Budget showpiece.

Tanya stops by a luxurious new mansion in Beverly Hills that boasts stunning views, a literal dinosaur skeleton in the entrance, and the most impressive home theater systems she's ever seen. Tanya gets a special tour of two of the most exclusive parts of the home--the man cave and the hidden safe room which acts as the tech nerve center for the whole house. Next, Tanya meets a couple who've created the ultimate country entertainment home, with smart tech inside and out. The main event: speakers hidden everywhere, including in the walls and ceiling. And there is even a greater surprise when Tanya discovers the "GarageMahal", an executive paradise for luxury cars housed in a teched-out building behind the home.

Tanya heads to the Orange County enclave of Newport Coast to tour a mansion that's on the market for a whopping $48 million. Surprisingly, this massive home is self-sustaining, with state-of-the-art rooftop panels, backup generators and natural gas that allow for an off-grid existence. Next, it's minimalist to the maximum with a home that has no design distractions and uses smart tech to hide every cable behind a literal motherboard of walls. Tanya's mind is blown as she tries to imagine living in a world without décor.

Tanya visits the OG of smart homes, a thirty-year-old energy efficient underground masterpiece that is heated and cooled by the earth and lit by the sky, and includes a hideaway circular fridge in the counter that saves energy and space. Next, Tanya discovers that high-tech and high-design work hand in hand with an intuitive, maximalist with invisible design integrations in every corner, right down to the swimming pool.

Tanya explores a true "hidden gem" because everything you'd normally see in a house is either completely out of sight or floating...including the staircase! Next, Tanya heads to her hometown of Niagara Falls to meet a man who converted an old church into the exquisitely designed modern smart home of his dreams. With a tattoo parlor, interior balcony, sliding doors to the backyard and a corporate-style boardroom, this home is truly one-of-a-kind.

Tanya visits a smart home in the clouds, a massive penthouse condo that was a logistical nightmare to build on one of Toronto's busiest intersections. Every piece of smart tech was brought in by crane, closing the street below to traffic. Next, a brand-new luxury home hits the market with style to burn. The smart features shine most on the outside, with a fully automated pool that is cleaned and temperature monitored by an AI run by a smartphone app. And this garage has stacked parking with room to put two SUVs on top of each other in one high-tech lift.

California's first carbon-zero home is a wonder inside and out. From ethically sourced wood interiors to recycled concrete, from an induction kitchen to an electrically heated pool, this home was built to emit no carbon. Next, Tanya discovers a home with a prototype for a massive "floating door" that rides on earth magnets so that it opens and closes with momentum.

Tanya finds the master bedroom design of her dreams in this modernist smart home nestled in a forest near the center of Toronto. Tanya discovers how lighting, security, and entertainment can be entirely integrated into an existing design. Next, Tanya tours a gorgeous mansion that has been a true sanctuary for the family who moved in just as the world was shutting down because of the pandemic.