Savant, Control4 and other Smart Home devices still looking for apps
The past few years have seen enthusiasm for smart home devices, sparked arguably by the dark horse success of the Nest Learning Thermostat.
We’re currently experiencing a gold rush, with a flood of supposedly smart products of every stripe appearing, not only from big names but also startups. And yet the clutter of competing platforms and wireless protocols — there’s Z-Wave and Zigbee and Clear Connect and Insteon and Control4 and Savant and Nest and HomeKit and on and on — have left consumers in an understandable quandary.
For new technology to find mainstream success, it first must find its soulmate — that one killer app that makes the whole greater than the sum of its parts.
Read more: http://memeburn.com/2016/08/5-amazing-technologies-yet-find-killer-apps/
We’re currently experiencing a gold rush, with a flood of supposedly smart products of every stripe appearing, not only from big names but also startups. And yet the clutter of competing platforms and wireless protocols — there’s Z-Wave and Zigbee and Clear Connect and Insteon and Control4 and Savant and Nest and HomeKit and on and on — have left consumers in an understandable quandary.
For new technology to find mainstream success, it first must find its soulmate — that one killer app that makes the whole greater than the sum of its parts.
Read more: http://memeburn.com/2016/08/5-amazing-technologies-yet-find-killer-apps/