Category: Google Home
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Real Home Automation is ‘Out of Home’
This post talks about the basic architecture & Out of Home capabilities of leading Smart Home systems
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Form holds true to functions!
A modern day typical Smart Home system exists in 2 forms. Form 1: A static device which sits on your desk/table in your home waiting to hear commands from you and execute them with utmost eagerness. Form 2: A mobile device which stays with you 24X7 and assists you in managing your home on the move.…
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Smart Homes – Ecosystem and Customer view of it
Consumers seek convenience and are willing put money and at premium, sometimes even take little experimental risks for things which can simplify their lives and get them that extra worry free moment. To be upfront, putting in money for ‘peace of mind’ is no brainer – objectively, consumers make quick mental calculation on the ‘ROI’…
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Apple HomeKit versus the Rest!
Apple is the benchmark in terms of physical product design (period) They have redefined, to an extent even altered user preferences (users just don’t realize it 🙂 ). Software and apps though been hit and miss. Apple Home defies all the past. Apple Home – The smart home management app from Apple (installed by default on all…
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Smart Assistant – Lenovo’s gambit!
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IOT for B2C has just taken off in the smart home space, this is specially true of the West. This is primarily due to ‘0’ hardware involvement, pervasiveness of Internet, and critical mass of urban population looking to make most of the scantily available time by either outsourcing or delegating non essential activities. Since outsourcing…