Renault is developing a new connectivity service that will link its cars with smart-home devices, allowing owners to control objects in their home from their car.

The French car maker has partnered with smart-home technology specialist Otodo in order to develop the new service.

It will be available in all Renault models fitted with Easy Link infotainment systems, including the new Zoe, Clio and Captur.

With this new connectivity service, users can control various objects in their home directly from their vehicle’s dashboard, as well as send instructions from their home, using a smartphone or connected speaker, to their connected Renault vehicle to prepare or share an itinerary.

Users select the objects they want to include in the available scenarios, and the instructions associated with each object.

The Leaving Home scenario puts their home to “sleep” by switching the thermostat to energy-saving mode, closing the shutters and turning off the lights.

The Arriving Home scenario wakes it up.

Users then decide when they want the system to prompt them to activate the scenarios based on the distance between the vehicle and home.

Jean-François Labal, marketing and partnership head for Connected Cars and Services at Groupe Renault, said: “Cars need to blend into our digital lives. With this service, we’re offering our customers a trailblazing experience and a completely secure system to connect their home’s connected objects to their vehicle. The interface to set it up is very intuitive and it comes with two advantages: it’s automatic so it makes life simpler and it saves energy by switching lights and heating on and off as needed.”

The service, which is being previewed at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), is expected to be operational in 2020.