With Smart Home 'Not Theoretical; It’s Here,' Comcast Teams With CNET for How-to
Comcast Xfinity is sponsoring the CNET Smart Home in San Francisco, a demonstration facility to be used to teach consumers how to benefit from smart home devices, cable and high-speed internet, said the companies Thursday. The 2,952 square-foot single-family home,…
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with a one-year lease, won’t be open to the public but will be used by CNET for creating “explainer videos” based on an Xfinity internet backbone and used by Xfinity for marketing events, a Comcast spokesman told us Friday. A goal is to let consumers know the smart home “is not theoretical; it’s here,” he said. Xfinity Home partners Lutron and ecobee are featured with Xfinity devices, he said. On whether the cable ISP is looking to host similar homes elsewhere, the spokesman said it would be open to the idea and could be a platform for other cities. Comcast’s Xfinity stores are being redesigned to showcase all its services and related products, including mobile, in stations with product specialists.