"smart home" articles
On August 25, Samsung and NET2GRID announced a partnership that brings advanced energy management features to the smart home. The solution provides insights on energy use in the home along with tips to save energy. The energy monitoring solution will also leverage Samsung smart appliances, HVAC systems integrated with SmartThings, and the Ynni platform to facilitate behavioral and automated demand responseutility programs.
Since Q4 of 2018, smart home tech giants have put more focus...
After a recent CONNECTIONS Community panel discussion on the smart home and the connected car, Tony Frangiosa, President and CEO, InstallerNet , followed up with us with regarding our audience's questions on API integration, addon features, Tesla's role in innovation, and more. Here are his thoughts:
1. Most new cars have connectivity to the auto makers. Why can't car companies offer an API for integration with connected home apps? An immediate benefit would be the integration...
This year, Parks Associates will host the 24th-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference online, as part of the virtual CONNECTIONS Community . The executive research conference includes presentations from Parks Associates' leading analysts and visionary sessions featuring executives in the connected entertainment and digital home technology industries.
Ahead of the conference, we asked one of our sponsors, Mercku , to share their insights with us on how the...
The number of connected devices continues to expand year-over-year, and 2019 concluded on a particularly strong note for the security industry. Security system adoption reached one-third of all US broadband households at the end of the year. Consumers now have an average of 12 connected devices in their homes, which opens multiple opportunities to extend monitoring services as well as different varieties of both professional monitoring and monitor-it-yourself options.
Our team...
As connectivity in the car continues to increase, new use cases will emerge including augmented reality dashboards, assisted or remote operator driving, fully autonomous vehicles, and new levels of in-car infotainment.
Parks Associates’ new CONNECTIONS™ Community is a virtual conference series and networking experience focused on the connected home and IoT industries.
Join us for our upcoming virtual session, Connected Cars: Extending Functions in...
As of 2020, consumers have an average of around 12 connected devices in their homes. This is up from an average of around 8 devices back in 2015 – so a growth of around 4 devices in the past five years. In the next five years we expect this growth in adoption to really accelerate and by the year 2025, we estimate consumers will own an average of 20 internet-connected devices.
This growth will come from a growing adoption of all types of devices including connected health products,...
Smart home devices, smart appliances, and energy systems are increasingly integrated into residential energy management programs. Smart thermostats, the most adopted category of smart home products, have created opportunities for utility energy efficiency and demand-response programs while solar, batteries, and clean energy services will leverage smart home technology in the future.
Parks Associates’ 2020 CONNECTIONS™ Community is a virtual conference series and...
Parks Associates launched the CONNECTIONS™ Community in 2020 as an online conference and networking experience focused on the connected home and IoT industries. The CONNECTIONS™ Community will host multiple special networking events over the next three months, leading up to the main virtual conference on November 10-12, which will bring together industry leaders to network and discuss the growing smart home market.
Ahead of the event, Mitch Klein,...
