A method for adjusting settings of a media consumption device based on detecting changes in a status of an object, the method comprising: receiving, over a network, at a first time, a first plurality of device sensor states corresponding to a plurality of network-connected devices, each network-connected device comprising a sensor and located in a first room of a household; identifying, based on a database search, a sensor of the plurality of sensors capable of monitoring a state of an object located in the first room of the household; detecting, at a second time, a change in a sensor state for the identified sensor; in response to detecting the change in the sensor state: determining, based on the sensor state, a state of the object located in the first room, wherein determining the state of the object comprises receiving an output from the sensor and comparing a mapping between outputs of the sensor and states of the object; comparing the state of the object in the first room and the sensor state of the network-connected device with object states and sensor states stored in a first database, wherein the first database stores environmental conditions corresponding to one or more sensor states and one or more object states; determining, based on the comparing, an environmental condition for the first room, wherein the environmental condition for the first room corresponds to both the state of the object in the first room and the sensor state; in response to determining the environmental condition for the first room, retrieving, from a second database, a template associated with the environmental condition comprising a setting for a media consumption device that is consistent with the environmental condition; comparing the setting in the template with a corresponding setting associated with the media consumption device; determining, based on comparing the setting in the template with the corresponding setting associated with the media consumption device, whether the setting in the template is consistent with the setting associated with the media consumption device; in response to determining that the setting in the template is consistent with the setting associated with the media consumption device, maintaining the setting of the media consumption device; and in response to determining that the settings in the template are not consistent with the setting associated with the media consumption device, automatically adjusting the setting of the media consumption device in a manner consistent with the setting in the template. receiving, over a network, at a first time, a first plurality of device sensor states corresponding to a plurality of network-connected devices, each network-connected device comprising a sensor and located in a first room of a household; identifying, based on a database search, a sensor of the plurality of sensors capable of monitoring a state of an object located in the first room of the household; detecting, at a second time, a change in a sensor state for the identified sensor; in response to detecting the change in the sensor state: determining, based on the sensor state, a state of the object located in the first room, wherein determining the state of the object comprises receiving an output from the sensor and comparing a mapping between outputs of the sensor and states of the object; comparing the state of the object in the first room and the sensor state of the network-connected device with object states and sensor states stored in a first database, wherein the first database stores environmental conditions corresponding to one or more sensor states and one or more object states; determining, based on the comparing, an environmental condition for the first room, wherein the environmental condition for the first room corresponds to both the state of the object in the first room and the sensor state; in response to determining the environmental condition for the first room, retrieving, from a second database, a template associated with the environmental condition comprising a setting for a media consumption device that is consistent with the environmental condition; comparing the setting in the template with a corresponding setting associated with the media consumption device; determining, based on comparing the setting in the template with the corresponding setting associated with the media consumption device, whether the setting in the template is consistent with the setting associated with the media consumption device; in response to determining that the setting in the template is consistent with the setting associated with the media consumption device, maintaining the setting of the media consumption device; and in response to determining that the settings in the template are not consistent with the setting associated with the media consumption device, automatically adjusting the setting of the media consumption device in a manner consistent with the setting in the template.