Interoperability Remains Challenge for Smart Home Devices, Says Parks
Smart home solutions will increasingly rely on voice control, video and data analytics, sound recognition and artificial intelligence to simplify user experience, blogged Parks Associates Wednesday. U.S. broadband households own more than 10 connected devices, and as they buy more,…
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they’re basing purchase decisions on a product’s ability to work with others they own, said Parks. But interoperability remains “a leading challenge," said analyst Chris O’Dell. Three-quarters of consumers who intend to buy a smart home device in the next year said the ability to work well with others is key to the purchase decision, but that's increasingly difficult when consumers buy stand-alone devices "at different times, from different brands, rather than purchasing smart home systems." Some 30 percent of computing and entertainment device owners report experiencing loss of wireless connectivity, naming routers as the most common source of the problems. Mesh networks and 5G could mitigate wireless issues, O'Dell said.