Centro, has announced its official partnership with Crestron, a key step towards enhancing connected user experiences in education, hospitality, residential and corporate markets. The collaboration allows Centro’s app to run on Crestron platforms, combining multiple communication channels into a single intuitive interface. The partnership also enables more efficient building management and enhanced user experiences in complex environments like hotels or office blocks, and is expected to integrate with Crestron’s scheduling solutions for seamless room or desk reservations.
- Centro partners with Crestron to uplevel the connected user experience
- Centro’s smart building app is integrated with Crestron platforms, offering users access to shared resources, services, and building systems through a single user interface on mobile devices or Crestron touch screens.
- The partnership between Centro and Crestron enhances building management offerings, providing a more connected and consistent user experience, with future plans to integrate Centro with Crestron’s scheduling solutions.
Centro and Crestron Partnership
Smart building app developer, Centro, has become an official Crestron partner. The partnership reinforces the capability of Centro’s app in creating connected environments across diverse sectors such as education, hospitality, residential and corporate markets.
“Our partnership with Crestron reinforces the message that, with Centro, users can experience truly seamless connected environments with access to shared resources, services and building systems,” explains Tony Howards, Co-Founder at Centro.
Centro’s Integration with Crestron
Centro’s smart app has the versatility to run on existing Crestron platforms, thereby unifying multiple communication channels into a single user interface. This can range from a mobile device to a Crestron touch screen, enhancing accessibility for the users.
Public Debut at Trade Shows
The integration of Centro’s smart app into the familiar user interfaces of a Crestron or Crestron Home solution has already been demonstrated at recent trade shows like ISE, Sydney Build, and InfoComm 2024. This has provided attendees with a hands-on experience of Centro’s capabilities in a hotel or MDU setting.
Enhancing User Experience and Efficiency
Centro’s smart app is not just user-friendly, but also aids in streamlining the operations of complex environments like MDUs, hotels, or office blocks. It serves as a single point of reference, maintaining a log of all communications, requests or appointments, thereby improving overall efficiency. The integration with Crestron’s portfolio of scheduling solutions is also underway, which will further enhance the convenience for customers.
Crestron’s Perspective
Bob Bavolacco, Director of Technology Partnerships at Crestron, shares the enthusiasm. He believes that the partnership with Centro will augment their building management offerings, providing a captivating user experience and additional features for their mutual customers.
Final Thoughts
This partnership between Centro and Crestron exemplifies how technology partnerships can drive innovation and convenience in modern settings. As we move towards an increasingly interconnected world, such collaborations will be pivotal in shaping the future of smart buildings.
FAQ
Q: What is Centro’s partnership with Crestron all about?
A: Centro’s partnership with Crestron aims to provide users with seamless connected environments, allowing access to shared resources, services, and building systems.
Q: Where can Centro run its smart app?
A: Centro can run on existing Crestron platforms, which are popular in MDUs, residences and some hospitality environments.
Q: What benefits does Centro’s app offer for complex environments like MDUs, hotels or office blocks?
A: Centro enables these environments to offer users a more connected and consistent user experience, while providing building management or concierge with a single point of reference for all communications, requests and appointments.
Q: How can customers interact with Centro’s integration with Crestron’s portfolio of scheduling solutions?
A: Customers will be able to seamlessly reserve a room or desk from the convenience of their PC or Smartphone through the integration of Centro with Crestron’s scheduling solutions.
