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Australian smart home study under way

An Australian study is set to examine how smart home technology alters the way we live, with four households currently being transformed into smart connected homes and used as ‘natural labs’. The study is being conducted by media agency Starcom in a bid to better identify changing consumer behaviour resulting from a more connected lifestyle,…

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Smart speakers drive IoT@Home adoption

The recent arrival of smart speakers to Australian shores is driving a rapid uptake of smart home technology surpassing the US, according to the latest report of VoiceBot. In their 2018 Australian IoT@Home Market Study, Telsyte found the smart home market had increased by 55 per cent in 2017, reaching a value of $583 million….

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The numbers have it – homes are getting smart

As technology becomes more affordable, fast internet is more readily available, and the Internet of Things moves from a buzz word to a mainstay of life, the smart homes market is emerging as one of the fastest growing trends in home improvement today. By 2023 this market is expected to reach US $137.91 billion globally…