Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

Voice control is standout new category for smart home devices
Nov 3, 2016 – Voice control became a standout, new category for smart home devices over the past 18 months, finds ABI Research. But its future is even brighter due to its solid marketing efforts, as well as its ability to leverage digital assistant adoption on smartphones and deliver genuine consumer value.
News categories: ABI Research, Jonathan Collins, Market Research, Smart Home, Worldwide

UK's DTG releases D-Book 9 DTT specification
Nov 3, 2016 – The DTG’s D-Book 9 introduces recommended guidelines for products delivering free-to-air DTT content within the home network. Representing thousands of man hours of work by contributors from across the industry this annual update replaces D-Book 8.
News categories: DTG, Digital UK, Richard Lindsay-Davies, Pete Sellar, Jonathan Thompson, Digital TV, HbbTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Connected appliance shipments to pass 200m p.a. by 2021
Nov 1, 2016 – According to Juniper Research, connected home appliance shipments are set to reach 202 million globally by 2021, rising from just 17 million in 2016. The additional cost of including basic connectivity is now less than $10.
News categories: Juniper Research, Market Research, Smart Home, Worldwide

Smart Home and Smart Appliances are next CE sector battleground
Oct 26, 2016 – Smart home automation, smart appliance ownership and smart home surveillance could be primed and ready for growth, though progress is being hindered by widespread confusion, according to research from Futuresource Consulting.
News categories: Futuresource Consulting, Simon Bryant, Europe, Market Research, Smart Home, Worldwide

Broadcom expands 802.11ac MU-MIMO portfolio
Oct 18, 2016 – Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) has announced a new 4x4 802.11ac Wave2 solution which enables significantly better range performance in addition to video over Wi-Fi acceleration capability.
News categories: Broadcom, Greg Fischer, BBWF, Gateway, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Worldwide

CleverIT targets Eastern Europe with Amino IoT solution
Oct 18, 2016 – Systems integrator CleverIT, part of the Sweden-based Scanwinavia group, has selected Amino’s Fusion cloud-based home management solution to launch a new 'Internet of Things' offering in Eastern Europe.
News categories: Amino, CleverIT, Donald McGarva, Géza Füstös, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Smart Home, Sweden

Service provider Smart Home opportunity to hit $62 billion by 2020
Oct 17, 2016 – According to Strategy Analytics, by 2020, consumers will be spending nearly $130 billion annually on smart home offerings, with 47%, or more than $60 billion, being available to service providers.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Bill Ablondi, BBWF, Market Research, Smart Home, Worldwide

AllSeen Alliance and Open Connectivity Foundation to merge
Oct 10, 2016 – The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF), sponsor of the IoTivity open source project, and AllSeen Alliance, which provides the AllJoyn open source IoT framework, have announced that the two organizations are to merge.
News categories: Open Connectivity Foundation, AllSeen Alliance, Mike Richmond, Danny Lousberg, MandA, Smart Home, Worldwide

Liberty Global and CableLabs join MulteFire Alliance
Sep 21, 2016 – Liberty Global and CableLabs have announced that they have joined the MulteFire Alliance, an independent, diverse and international member-driven consortium dedicated to developing next-generation wireless technology.
News categories: MulteFire Alliance, Liberty Global, CableLabs, Mazen Chmaytelli, Balan Nair, Ralph Brown, Rob Alderfer, 5G, Cable TV, Digital TV, Smart Home, Worldwide