- 34% Have Problems With Smart Home Devices
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, May 17, 2017
In many cases, the Internet of Things involves consumers having to do something to get things started. The good news is that the percentage of U.S. consumers who experience proble ...
- 82% Unlikely To Buy An Amazon Echo Look
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Although Amazon is currently dominating the market for digital home assistants, one of its two new devices doesn't look like it's a big draw for consumers. The Echo Look w ...
- Top Connected Home Uses: Automation 58%, Security 57%, Smart Sound 34%
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Mobile technology already got most consumers connected and now the Internet of Things is doing the same for their homes. A profile of connected home users is emerging, including w ...
- Amazon Lets Alexa Answer And Make Calls, Retrieve Messages
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, May 9, 2017
On Tuesday, Amazon unveiled Echo Show, a home hub Internet-connected device with a 7-inch video screen that goes on sale in June and offers video calling to other Echo devic ...
- World Password Day Meets A World Of Unsecured Connected Devices
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Thursday, May 4, 2017
Security is an ongoing issue around the Internet of Things. Connected home devices, such as smart thermostats, security cameras and smart TVs, typically offer the ability to secure the devic ...
- Smart Home Devices Grow As Smartphone Boom Comes To An End
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Smart home devices are growing while the smartphone boom heads toward its end. In four years, annual growth of smartphones sold will have slowed from 30% in 2014 to ...
- GenXers Outspend Millennials On Smart Home Devices
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Sunday, April 30, 2017
Much has been written about various behaviors and patterns of millennials. One of their characteristics, however, is not necessarily that they are buying big into the Internet of Things. ...
- Digital Voice Assistants Get Better At Assisting
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Thursday, April 27, 2017
Smart home voice assistants are getting easier to lean on. Amazon's Alexa has more than 10,000 'skills,' essentially apps a person connects to by speaking to Alexa, such as throu ...
- Amazon's Echo Look Can See You, Take Hands-Free Style Photos
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Amazon's Alexa now has eyes. Not real ones, of course, but the online retail giant's new Echo Look has built-in lighting and a hands-free camera to take full-length photos ...
- Top Use Of Amazon Alexa, Google Home: Playing Music
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Digital home assistants can do many things, but are mostly used for music. Although voice assistants like Amazon's Alexa and Google Home can turn lights on and off, control thermostat ...
- 60% Of U.S. Broadband Homes Have An Internet-Connected TV Device
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Thursday, April 20, 2017
Consumers may be connecting various smart devices and appliances in their homes, but it's nothing compared to the number of Internet-connected TV devices. The majority (60%) of broadband homes n ...
- Number Of Smart Home Devices? Let Me Count The Ways
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, April 18, 2017
The number of consumers buying and owning smart devices depends on which devices are considered smart and how the counting is done. For example, if smart televisions are included, t ...
- Consumers Craving Smart Home Support
Marketing Daily, Aaron Baar - Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Smart home device awareness and ownership are way up, according to a new research survey. But 86% of consumers say a brand's ability (or inability) to provide assistance affects the ...
- 32% Say Smart Home Devices Too Expensive
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Monday, April 17, 2017
Consumers are buying smart home devices but not as many as some would like. Many tech-savvy consumers got in early over the last few years and the number of consume ...
- Burger King TV Spot Triggers Home Voice Assistant, Until Google Shuts It Down
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 12, 2017
There are plenty of innovations surrounding the Internet of Things and Burger King just created another one. The fast food giant created a 15-second TV spot that ends with t ...
- Smart Home Consumers Fall Into Six Segments
Marketing Daily, Aaron Baar - Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Buyers are either Strugglers, Laggards, Affluent Nesters, Greens, Impressers, and Millennials, according to technology consultant Strategy Analytics. Impressers and Affluent Nesters are the easiest to reach, but the others shouldn ...
- Roku TV Has Some Suggestions For You
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Roku TVs--the ones that come pre-installed in some smart TVs--will start suggesting other things you might want to watch, based on automatic content recognition capability. "More Ways to Watch” depen ...
- Voice Control Represents New Frontier For Tech
Marketing Daily, Aaron Baar - Tuesday, April 11, 2017
The ready acceptance of voice-control could fundamentally change consumers' relationship with technology, says Billy Hulkower, senior technology and media analyst at Mintel. ...
- 55% Of Broadband Households Want To Use Voice To Control Devices
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Thursday, April 6, 2017
At the monster CES consumer show earlier this year, there was a major focus on voice control, most notably by countless companies adding Amazon Alexa skills to whatever it ...
- 83% See A Benefit Of Smart Home Voice Assistants
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 5, 2017
There are two sides to smart home voice assistants. While consumers flock to the devices, including Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri and the new Bixby, the expected benefits ride along wi ...
- 87% Of Insurers Expect IoT To Improve Customer Relationships
AI & IoT Daily, Chase Martin - Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Insurance companies seem to have their eye on smart homes as an avenue for new customers. Homeowner's insurance carriers also see the Internet of Things influencing their future products a ...
- New Samsung Galaxy S8 Brings Smart Home Control, Bixby Voice Assistant
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, March 29, 2017
If there was any doubt about Samsung's intent to be a force within the Internet of Things, those were put to rest Wednesday. In addition to introducing its long-anticipated Gala ...
- Ikea Launches Smart Lights For Consumers
AI & IoT Daily, Chase Martin - Tuesday, March 28, 2017
More connected lights for consumers' homes are set to hit the shelves in the coming weeks as an iconic global retailer makes its push into the smart home. Ikea ju ...
- Consumers See $20+ As Fair Monthly Fee For Fully Smart Home
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Consumers have a price in mind for what they consider to be a good value for a smart home. For most consumers, the minimum price seems to be about $ ...
- comScore Uses Home Panel To Measure Connected Devices
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 9, 2017
The service, called Connected Home, will use the company's home panel -- more than 12,500 U.S. homes -- to deliver usage insights into computers, mobile phones, tablets, streaming sticks, sma ...
- Smart Home Devices Vs. Connected Home Solutions
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, March 7, 2017
The number of smart homes is growing, depending on how they are counted. There are smart home devices and then there are smart home solutions, at least from the standpoi ...
- Consumers Warm To Idea of TV As Smart-Home Hub
Marketing Daily, Aaron Baar - Monday, March 6, 2017
According to a new report from Strategy Analytics, consumers are interested in using their TV (and especially its remote) for purposes that go beyond entertainment. ...
- 44% Concerned About Personal Info Theft Through Their Connected Devices
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Monday, February 27, 2017
Homes are getting connected through a host of smart devices but that doesn't mean they're secure. Even worse, most consumers are concerned about the security of data from their connect ...
- Company Starts Marketing A $1,600 Smart Mousetrap
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Thursday, February 23, 2017
The latest targets of Internet of Things connectivity are mice. The Rodent Activated Detection And Riddance (RADAR) mousetrap has just been introduced by Rentokil in the U.K. Each RADAR mousetr ...
- Connected Devices Working Together Tops Brand Value
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, February 22, 2017
For the Internet of Things to move forward significantly, more connected devices need to be able to work together. While this may seem obvious, it's not necessarily so easy ...
