"home automation" articles

Contextual awareness, AI, and machine learning are among the innovations elevating user experiences in the smart home device space by moving the market beyond scripted, pre-programmed automation scenes. These improvements can deliver a more streamlined onboarding process, interoperability between more devices, multi-modal access, and granular personalization that adapts to multiple lifestyles in the household. This session opens with a Consumer Perspective presenting first-hand...

Today, smart homes equipped with IoT technology, are quickly increasing in popularity due to the convenience, comfort and security it brings. Parks Associates, an internationally recognized market research company specializing in smart home technology found that 30% of US broadband households report owning at least one smart home device. The firm’s research shows that 20% of Canadian broadband households own remotely-monitored internet-connected device and 14% own at least one...

Security industry watchers have anxiously awaited Q1 earnings calls to see how market leaders fared as a robust start to 2020 hit COVID-19 headwinds in March. A strong 2019 resulted in 31-32% of US broadband households owning a working security system, up a substantial 5% points over 2018. Eight-eight percent of security system owners have professional monitoring, according to a Q4 2019 Parks Associates study. The view from the top, thus far, is that the residential security...

Paul Williams , General Manager of Product Management and Growth for GE Lighting , shared his thoughts on strategies for increasing consumer engagement ahead of the eleventh annual Smart Energy Summit . He will be participating in the Energy Management Platforms: Adding Value session along with: Shawn Barry , VP Strategic Sales, Alarm.com Roger Gregory , VP, Product, Ezlo Innovation Adam Justice , Founder and CEO, ConnectSense Christopher Keefe ,...

Home builders are traditionally risk averse when it comes to adding new technologies in their homes. However, home builders can be an effective channel to introduce smart home products and services to a broad range of customers, including those that are not traditionally tech enthusiasts. Builders across the country convened in Irving last week for Builder Connections, hosted by Hanley Wood, to hear insights on consumer demand for smart home products and services and trends impacting...

In 2018, existing smart home households drove the market by expanding their adoption of devices. Households already owning at least one smart home device continued to purchase more devices, bringing the average number of devices in these households to six units compared to 3 devices in 2016. The latest trends and developments in smart home devices and services include expansion of smart technology into the home builder channel, large tech companies taking measures to increase their...

The smart home starts at the front door, with devices like smart door locks, networked cameras, smart garage door openers, and video doorbells representing not only a foundation for security solutions but also access points for a future world of services, including in-home and in-garage delivery, home rental solutions, pet and cleaning services, and much more. Parks Associates research shows video doorbells lead in adoption among the three primary access control devices. At the...

As adoption of smart home devices continues to grow, the smart home needs an interface to connect all the moving pieces in the home. For devices that are connected to cloud APIs, voice control has been transformational. While the UI experience is compelling, the true value of voice assistants is in their ability to unify control of fragmented and even disparate ecosystems. Consumers with smart home devices that are not part of a larger home control system (which is the majority of smart...