Apple’s new HomePod smart speaker comes with a hefty price tag
Tech giant Apple has dropped a pricy new smart speaker with all the bells and whistles its R&D team could conjure up – but will it fly in the current economic climate?
Tech giant Apple has dropped a pricy new smart speaker with all the bells and whistles its R&D team could conjure up – but will it fly in the current economic climate?
From fridges that turn your kitchen into a rave to devices that analyse your urine, CES 2023 had a smorgasbord of smart home tech on display.
UK consumers are increasingly turning to smart devices to help them cope with the cost of living crisis.
Amazon – who at this point has its fingers in so many different pies its hard to know what to call it other than ‘tech giant’ – has unveiled a raft of new smart devices as it continues its drive for smart home supremacy.
Korean tech giant Samsung unveiled its Home Hub tablet device at CES, which seems designed to be the lynchpin of a smart home ecosystem called the SmartThings Hub.
Internet giant Amazon has unveiled a bunch of new products apparently designed to ensure there’s seldom a moment when you’re not interacting with the company.
Consumers in the UK are once again starting to see the appeal of smart home-related technology and it’s not just about smart TVs.
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Telefonica has created a global unit, known as the Chief Digital Consumer Office (CDCO), which will champion new digital products and services, paying particular attention to the smart home.
The UK Government has unveiled new rules for the growing consumer connected objects segment, forcing the ecosystem to take a more rigorous and conscious approach to security.
Facebook has reportedly hired ex-Microsoft employee Mark Lucovsky to oversee the development of its own operating system to reduce the dependence on Google’s Android.
Apple, Amazon and Google are joining forces with the Zigbee Alliance to form the Connected Home over IP project to create universal standards for the smart home ecosystem.
The BBC has announced it will challenge Google and Amazon in the digital assistant market, with its own version built to understand regional dialects.
Canalys is forecasting China to be the biggest adopter of smart assistants by 2023, with an install base of 5.8 billion.
The smart home is increasingly becoming normalised in the eyes of the consumer, and Google is leading the way in Europe.
LG has unveiled has developed its own artificial intelligence chip in an attempt to muscle in on this increasingly competitive segment of the semiconductor market.
Internet retail giant Amazon is making a big push into the neighbourhood watch world and now even wants to report on local crime itself.
Smart speakers were only about developing a new dynamic in the relationship between the OTTs and the consumer, and Walmart’s new ‘Voice Order’ feature is a taste of things to come.
Mesh wifi specialist Plume has launched itself onto the UK market, bringing with it a new service which aims to make consumer IOT more secure.
Virgin Media has unveiled a new, ‘intelligent’, router which it claims will bring faster speeds to more areas of the home.
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