Smart homes on the rise: studies
telecom | 04/22/2016 8:58 pm EDT
Households with connected devices are increasing, according to a pair of studies studying smart home adoption.
The number of broadband-connected Canadian homes with smart home devices more than doubled, rising to 11 per cent, or 1.4 million households, in the first quarter of 2016 from five per cent in the same period a year earlier, suggested Parks Associates research released Wednesday.
Smart thermostats are the most popular devices, said a press release, with five per cent of households owning one, while “networked security or monitoring cameras were a close second” with more than four per cent ownership, a Parks Associates press release said.
According to the research, 26 per cent of Canadian broadband households have a functioning home security system and 10 per cent have an “interactive system capable of
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