Keppel Land and Habitap unveil Singapore’s first smart home powered by artificial intelligence

Keppel Land, one of Asia's leading property companies, and Habitap, Singapore's leading smart living platform developer behind Asia's first fully integrated smart home management system, unveiled Singapore's first smart home powered by artificial intelligence (A.I.) today.

The smart home management system currently integrates three core functions of smart home controls, community management and lifestyle services seamlessly on a single platform. It has now been enhanced to incorporate an array of leading-edge features, including A.I. with machine learning capabilities. This enables the application to progressively anticipate users' preferences and usage patterns, thereby automating features and settings to provide seamless and intuitive experiences. These range from providing users with access to their preferred third-party service providers for maintenance of air conditioners and laundry services, for example, to automatic alerts and reminders on security issues, among others.

The revolutionary Habitap Lifestyle Assistant, Habitap Handy, also allows users to interact with and easily control devices within their homes, access services such as facilities booking and the visitor management system, as well as enjoy lifestyle services using natural language text and voice messaging on popular mobile messaging applications, such as WhatsApp and WeChat.

Mr Ng Ooi Hooi, President (Singapore) at Keppel Land, said, "In line with our brand philosophy of ‘Thinking Unboxed', Keppel Land keeps itself at the forefront of new technologies and thoughtful innovations that can be seamlessly adopted at our properties.

"Following the success of the smart home management system which was first rolled out at Corals at Keppel Bay in 2016, we are pleased to extend our collaboration with Habitap on this new system which includes enhancements such as A.I. with machine learning capabilities. This advanced home automation system will be applied at Keppel Land's upcoming residential development at Nassim Hill, and we hope this will provide added convenience to homeowners and improve their quality of life."

Mr Franklin Tang, CEO and Founder of Habitap, said, "Habitap's goal has always been to integrate smart home features, community management and myriad lifestyle services for a seamless user experience. We are very excited to introduce the new A.I. feature which will provide a harmonious and intuitive living experience for residents, in smart homes that learn.

"We constantly seek to innovate and improve Habitap. For example, we are incorporating technologies such as facial recognition with A.I. to go beyond just facilitating entry to buildings but to also integrate security, safety and people-locating features."

At the same time, users of Habitap will be able to interact with and control connected devices within their homes such as door locks, lighting and air-conditioning systems via the customised, integrated platform. Smart smoke detectors within the homes can also send alerts to residents' mobile devices or to the condominium security guards in the event of an emergency.

The same mobile application also allows users to seamlessly access condominium management services, such as payments for deposits. For developments with smart parcel lockers, for added convenience, the system enables residents to be notified via the application when their packages arrive in their allocated locker, with a unique code for unlocking.

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About Keppel Land
Keppel Land is the property arm of Keppel Corporation, a multi-business company providing robust solutions for sustainable urbanisation, with key businesses in offshore and marine, property, infrastructure and investments.

The Company is recognised for its sterling portfolio of award-winning residential developments and investment-grade commercial properties, as well as high standards of corporate governance and transparency.

Keppel Land is geographically diversified in Asia, in Singapore, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and other markets.

Keppel Land is Asia's premier home developer, with a pipeline of about 50,000 homes in Singapore and overseas. It brought waterfront living to a whole new level with the iconic residences at Keppel Bay and Marina Bay in Singapore. The Company is also a leading prime office developer in Singapore, contributing to enhancing the city's skyline with landmark developments such as Marina Bay Financial Centre, Ocean Financial Centre and One Raffles Quay. Keppel Land is committed to grow its commercial portfolio in key Asian cities such as Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin in China, Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, Jakarta in Indonesia, Yangon in Myanmar and Manila in the Philippines.

About Habitap
Habitap is Asia's first fully integrated smart living platform that seamlessly integrates 3 core functions - smart controls, smart community management, and a smart lifestyle gateway. Launched in July 2016, the application, Habitap, started out in the residential sector before evolving to providing solutions for other sectors of the property industry including the commercial sector. Harnessing the technology behind Internet-of-Things (IoT), Habitap aims to create better living, greater convenience and efficiency for homeowners, offices and communities. The DNA of the product focuses on the seamless user experience and is a software driven platform.

Habitap is developed by homegrown technology firm Philip Tang & Sons. Incorporated in 1980, the firm has been developing software solutions since 1990. Their core business includes Software Product Development, Customized Software Development, Consulting, Technology Infrastructure Development, Design, User Experience Development and Mobile Application Development. With a track record of over 100 projects, the company leads the IT industry with innovative solutions, amassing numerous 1st innovations throughout its history.

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