http://newsroom.hilton.com/index.cfm/news/hilton-announces-connected-room-the-first-mobilecentric-hotel-room-to-begin-rollout-in-2018

The Connected Room Experience
Guests who stay at Connected Room-enabled properties will soon be able to use the Hilton Honors app to manage most things they would traditionally do manually in a room, from controlling the temperature and lighting to the TV and window coverings. Guests will also be able to personalize their room with technology that loads the most popular streaming media and other accounts to in-room TVs.

In the longer-term, Connected Room will support a range of connected devices, engagements and experiences. Guests will able to use voice commands to control their room or access their content, and to upload their own artwork and photos to automatically display in their room. Guests will also be able to set various preferences in their Hilton Honors account profile to further customize their in-room experience to their individual preferences.

Hilton is once again trying to stay a head of the curve in today's era of technology they are creating rooms that can be controlled from your mobile divide. This will allow use of the TV, lights, window shades, temperature and other media just by their phones. This will make things more convenient to the user. Most of us have our phones with us all the time and next to our beds. Why waste time looking for light switches, thermostats and tv remotes when you can just use your phone? The technology is also supposed to allow you to set your temperature on timers which will allow users to come back to their room with a comfortable temperature. There are millions of Hilton Honors members already using their phones for check ins and other usage. I am sure there are plenty of bugs to be worked out using this technology.