Apple’s first real smart home lineup is not just a product launch. It is a positioning move that should give integrators a new way to talk about design, collaboration, and long-term home technology value.
Reporting has been rampant in recent weeks as the consumer tech industry readies for Apple’s “next big thing.” And, no, I’m not referring to their first foray into foldable phones. Rather, Apple is set to announce a bunch of new smart home products. Some are simple refreshes of existing devices. Others are expected to be…
ResidentialAt 53 Montecito in Newport Beach, the smart home story is not defined by the number of devices in the residence, even though that number is substantial. The project brings together 310 connected devices across lighting, shading, climate, entertainment, surveillance, access control, water features, fireplaces, and more. The more important achievement is that the home…
The numbers aren’t really surprising: As Gen Z reaches homebuying age, the first “digital natives” are accustomed to smart home solutions — in fact, more than 70 percent of those recently surveyed by Green Builder Media responded that these solutions are “critical today,” not in the future.
With ever-broadening adoption, however, challenges still remain. What is…
Each year the electronics industry starts with a bang through the opening of the annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Realistically, many of the announcements that stem from CES won’t impact the more targeted world of custom electronics or more simply, the smart home industry, but there are products and technologies coming…
