Tag: Smart home
6 Smart Systems That Can Improve the Functionality of Your Home
Smart technology is fantastic for improving the functionality of your home, but also for making it cooler. Using things such as smart lighting or heating will make your life significantly easier and is a great addition to modern architecture. Unfortunately, given that most homeowners don't know much about these gadgets, they can't differentiate between vital…
Smart Home Energy management segment to grow 30% in 2021
Smart Homes are becoming more commonplace with millions of households around the world now utilising some form of smart technology. One of the more popular sectors within the Smart Home industry is the energy management segment. According to data presented by TradingPlatforms.com, the energy management segment of the smart home industry is projected to experience…
Make Your Smart Home Hack Proof with these Cybersecurity Tips
Yes, like all other devices around you, your Smart Home devices can be hacked too. You must be thinking how that is even possible. Well, hackers have their way of finding their way around something. And nothing better than a Smart Home device that can allow a hacker to enter your home and quietly collect…
Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2 offer aerial map view of property
Ring has announced the Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2, billed as its most advanced wired doorbell yet with 3D Motion Detection and a Bird's Eye View of the user's property. Powered by radar technology, 3D Motion Detection and Bird's Eye View allow homeowners to pinpoint when and where a motion event begins using an aerial…
1 in 5 US adults now own Amazon Echo
Smart home technology industry has grown incredibly in the last decade with homes becoming more and more interconnected than ever before. The most popular smart home device by far is the smart speaker, with the Amazon Echo dominating its competitors. According to data presented by Trading Platforms, 20% of Americans surveyed now own an Amazon…
Latest Technology for Your Home and Office
More and more people are looking for ways to make their lives more tech-friendly. One way to do this is by investing in the latest technology for the home and office. Companies throughout the world, including Twitter, Google, Apple, and more have told their staff to begin working from home to help prevent the spread…
CES 2021: Nobi Smart Lamp for monitoring falls
At CES 2021 Belgian start-up Nobi is introducing a smart lamp which has been designed to help provide help when older people fall. Available for purchase by the end of 2021, the Nobi can be hung in private accommodation or a serviced flat. With the help of artificial intelligence, the lamp detects when the occupier…
Smart Home devices to exceed 13 billion by 2025
A new report from Juniper Research has found that there will be almost 13.5 billion smart home devices in active use by 2025, compared to an expected 7.4 billion at the end of 2020. Smart entertainment devices take the bulk of revenue attributable to the sector - over $230 billion in 2025. Voice assistant capabilities…
Smart home payments to exceed $164 billion by 2025
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total transaction value of smart home payments - those that occur via smart home devices - will exceed $164 billion in 2025, up from $22 billion in 2020. Increasing use of voice assistants via smart speakers for eCommerce, propelled by rising user and merchant acceptance, will…
Virgin Media launch Google Nest Smart Home trial
Virgin Media trials Google Nest Smart Home packages that complement its ultrafast broadband Expert installation and tech support available to ensure smart home devices work seamlessly Virgin Media customers in Cardiff, Manchester and Southampton to trial the new service Devices available on flexible payment plans starting at just £10 per month Virgin Media has collaborated…
