NEW MARKET: A combination of widespread tablet and smartphone use, increasing high-tech confidence and growing concern among younger home owners about environmental impact and energy consumption are all set to push connected homes and smart devices into the mainstream by the decade’s end. — ©AFP/Relaxnews 2013
A combination of widespread tablet and smartphone use, increasing high-tech confidence and growing concern among younger home owners about environmental impact and energy consumption are all set to push connected homes and smart devices into the mainstream by the decade’s end.
The latest report by Frost & Sullivan on the Asia Pacific region’s growing appetite for smart devices shows that while home automation is already big business — the industry made US$181.3mil (RM584.78mil) in 2012 — the majority of systems being bought are still bespoke and high-end systems that require installation and are aimed squarely at the luxury end of the market.
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