Amazon's new Echo Show proves that the smart home phenomenon is finally moving into the mainstream
Bob O'Donnell for RECODE: One-quarter of U.S. households now have at least one piece of smart home gear.
Microsoft is planning to turn Windows 10 PCs into Amazon Echo competitors
Tom Warren for The Verge: Microsoft has been working on a new HomeHub feature for Windows 10 to better compete with devices like Amazon's Echo.
Future phones will ID devices by their electromagnetic fields
Richard Lai for enGadget: In another set of demos, the team showed how the phone could show contextual charms upon tapping various connected devices.
Lowe's Launches Professional Monitoring Service For Iris
Lowe's Companies, Inc. today announced the release of a professional monitoring service for the all-inclusive, market-leading price of $14.95 per month for its Iris smart home security system. The new professional monitoring service gives residential customers the ability to have emergency responders dispatched to their homes in the event of a security, smoke, carbon monoxide or panic alarm with no long-term contract required.
Parks Associates: More Than 100 Million U.S. Households Do Not Have a Smart Home Device
VCs and Investors to address IoT investment and growth opportunities at 21st-annual CONNECTIONS Conference, May 23-25 in San Francisco
AI is Wrong: Intelligence Assistants Are Augmented, Not Artificial
The greatest initial growth for AI has been in IT (Information Technology) because we've been gathering data from everything and everyone so fast, people can't figure out what it means, what to do with it.
Best Buy Partners with Vivint Smart Home to Launch Leading-Edge Smart Home Service
Best Buy and Vivint Smart Home are partnering to give customers an easy way to automate and manage their homes. With a nationwide rollout beginning this summer, Best Buy customers will be able to visit one of more than 400 stores to interact with Vivint products.
The only way to save the smart home hub is to kill it
David Priest for CNet: Commentary: Are smart home hubs the VCRs of a Blu-ray age?
There's a good chance Apple will introduce its Amazon Echo competitor in June, says analyst
Todd Haselton for CNBC: "There is an over 50 percent chance that Apple will announce its first home AI product at WWDC in June," KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a note to investors obtained by MacRumors on Monday.
Smart home assistants need assistance to catch on
Yahoo Tech: There's a lot of conversation around voice-activated home assistants, however, according to new data from GfK, there is currently very little conversation actually with devices like Amazon Echo or Google Home.
Smart business models for the connected home
Nick Ismail for Information Age: The era of the smart, connected home is here, and this technological trend will likely define business models for years to come
Hubbell Incorporated Acquires Leading IoT Brand iDevices®
Hubbell and iDevices join forces to usher in the next evolution of smart home and IoT innovation.
Smart Home and IoT: Growth, Consumer Trends
Research from Parks Associates shows that while familiarity with smart home products is still low, there is more and more interest from consumers to integrate connected products in the home.
THE US SMART HOME MARKET REPORT: Systems, apps, and devices leading to home automation
Nicholas Shields for Business Insider: The same issues BI Intelligence first identified back in 2015 still plague the space - persistently high prices, technological fragmentation, and consumers' lack of a perceived benefit from the devices.
Smart home product manufacturers must target customers in different ways
Rene Millman for Internet of Business: Smart home consumers can be divided into seven segments, according to new research from market analyst firm Strategy Analytics.
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