It's a small, but nice addition as
makers of smart home products look to distinguish themselves in an increasingly crowded market for smart home devices.
If you're looking for a smart speaker that's capable of controlling a wide
range of smart home products, then the Home Mini is a viable alternative to the more expensive standard Google Home.
Google sold tens of millions
of smart home products in 2017, and «more people use the Google Assistant to listen to their favorite music, control their connected devices, and get useful information about their day,» writes Osterloh.
SmartThings hub devices work with a wide variety
of smart home products from brands like Philips, Osram, Leviton, Honeywell, and Ecobee, and because Google Home is compatible with this platform, it ensures that SmartThings users have a non-Echo option for a smart home assistant and speaker device.
Now, any users who have an August Smart Lock paired with an August Connect (which provides remote access to the lock) can add their lock into the Wink mobile app on iOS.The advantage of using Wink, similar to HomeKit, is for users with a wide
variety of smart home products — Wink lets them add, organize, and control multiple devices in one place.
Lowe's 2015 Smart Home Survey found that security cameras topped the
list of smart home products consumers plan to purchase in the next 12 months.
Smart home security company August announced in a press release today that its redesigned
family of smart home products are now available for purchase.
The Nest
suite of smart home products was originally part of Google before being spun out into its own company when Google reorganized into Alphabet.
TP - Link has announced that its slew
of smart home products now have support for Google's intelligent assistant Google Assistant.
If you're the
owner of smart home products like Philips Hue lights, or a Tado heating system, you're in luck, as the HomePod allows you to control a vast array of connected products just using your voice.
Google Home devices are compatible with a wide
array of smart home products, including Nest thermostats, Philips Hue lightbulbs, and Samsung SmartThings.
While
dozens of smart home products hit the market following the success of Nest's smart thermostat — think, smart blenders and smart toothbrushes — many have failed to gain traction with consumers.
iDevices is expanding its line
of smart home products today with a dimmer switch, joining the company's integrated wall outlets, smart plugs, lights, and more.
The second generation of Amazon's Alexa - enabled speaker lets you control music, audiobooks, a wide
assortment of smart home products, and thousands of unique Skills with voice commands.
Once you've set up your Echo and gotten acquainted with Alexa, you might be wondering what's next, and our answer to you would be: expand your
arsenal of smart home products!
The TV will also let you control all
sorts of smart home products through both LG's smart home platform and anything that interfaces with Google Assistant.
The Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is recently seen indulging in introducing a number
of smart home products as well, right from Mi Air Purifier and Mi Set Top Box, along with even Mi Mosquito Repeller.
One of the many new developer tools Apple unveiled Monday at the Worldwide Developer Conference is HomeKit, a new suite of tools that will let the makers
of smart home products integrate their wares more deeply into Apple's mobile OS.
This will also increase its retail
share of smart home products as the Alexa consultation also includes creating a personalized shopping list for the customer.
Last fall Anker, a brand mostly known for battery packs and chargers, launched a new line
of smart home products under a new sister brand called Eufy.
U.S. appliance manufacturer Kohler has announced that it will bring a new
series of smart home products at this year's CES in Las Vegas, along with a new software platform called KOHLER Konnect, designed to bring voice recognition capabilities to its offerings with the help of Amazon's Alexa.
The report also demonstrated that smart devices are becoming increasingly popular, with 70 percent of current owners
of smart home products using their device every day, and 89 percent report being satisfied with their product.
Aside from Kindle readers and Fire tablets, the online retailer has also slashed the
prices of its smart home products, including the Echo Dot, the second - generation Echo, and even the more recent Echo Plus.
Eufy is a division of the very popular smartphone accessories company, Anker, and it produces the
majority of its smart home products as well as some fitness products like smart scales and such.
It is starting to impact the business community by providing solutions to needs related to mental health management and housing, transportation and autonomous vehicles, and consolidation and
interconnectivity of smart home products, such as audio systems, lighting and kitchen appliances.
Thanks in part to such issues, only about 16 percent of U.S. homes with broadband have some
kind of smart home product, noted Tom Kerber, a smart home analyst at research firm Parks Associates.