Six things Malaysian homeowners get wrong about smart homes

“It stops working when the internet is down.”

Not on a properly built system. A Tekovate installation in any Malaysian home keeps running when the internet drops; only remote control from outside the house stops until the connection is back.

“You get locked into one brand forever.”

Only if the installer builds on a proprietary system. Tekovate builds on Zigbee and Matter, which are open standards, so the system is not tied to a single manufacturer and can be extended with other compliant products later.

“You have to hack the walls.”

Not for a retrofit. Tekovate automates existing homes in Melaka without hacking walls, and a small job can finish within a day.

“It only makes sense in a brand-new house.”

Before wiring, before plastering and after handover all work, and Tekovate joins Malaysian projects at all three stages. A finished house simply has fewer places to hide cabling.

“You have to do the whole house at once.”

Tekovate's advice is to plan the whole home first, but a single room is a perfectly valid start and expands onto the same system later.

“There will be a subscription forever.”

Tekovate charges no recurring service fee and no annual software fee. The only ongoing costs are optional in-app ones such as cloud storage or additional AI features.

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