# What's a "Tile"?

A "Motion Tile", as you will see, is commonly referred to as a "tile" in our support articles.

A tile is the platform's visual representation of a single [point](https://kb.motion.cloud/motion-platform-software/tiles/whats-a-point) on a device.  Every tile communicates real-time device point data to Motion's cloud. 

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Tiles are not the same as points. Read our [article about points](https://kb.motion.cloud/motion-platform-software/tiles/whats-a-point) for more info.
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Additionally, every tile comes packed with UX software features that give meaningful value to that specific device point.  Motion baked in these tile software features to turn normal device data into a meaningful tool to optimize building device management.

These software features include:

1. Appearance customization
2. Easy schedule configuration
3. Configurable alarm conditions & push notification alerts
4. Live and historical data charts
5. Remote device control capabilities