With the beginning of the year and the information that arrived to us from the latest CES (Consumer Technology Association) where large electronics manufacturers presented their latest products, we decided to make a list of what 2016 looks for the home automation environment.
1. From Smart Home to Intelligent Home
A smart device is more or less a gadget that can be automated and controlled via the Internet from a phone, tablet or application. Instead, a intelligently device comes with a series of algorithms which gives it a kind of its own intelligence, and it’s capable of undertaking a series of actions according with our previous behavior. In the scenario where a user listens to music in a given weekday, in a certain time frame and in a particular room of the house, VIKI will know to reproduce this behavior, even without user’s intervention, at exactly the right moment and the favourit playlist.
2. Live Smart. Save Energy
Starting with thermostats that automate the control of the temperature, applications that let you do this remotely, we reach to a more complex system that monitors consumption and reminds you when you should stop and start the heat. VIKI not only that identifies when someone is at home and maintains a certain temperature in the rooms, but knows when you’re about to get home and is waiting for you with a warm and welcoming home.
Moreover when you go on vacation and forget to announce it, it stops automatically the heat and keeps it at a level favorable for the plants.
3. Home Safe Home
Security is a major concern for any family and must be an important feature for every home automation solution. Starting with various security systems that operate individually and are designed more to supervise, we get back to VIKI who has the role to tell you when you forget your windows or doors open or to facilitate the access to the house only with your mobile phone.
Therefore, although the home automation market is growing and more and more smart devices appear every day, for the users, the only thing that remains important is to make their lives easier giving them comfort and security.