"CES" articles

Tech giants were in full display at CES with expanding ecosystems, new products, and standards initiates to help push the smart home forward. These companies, due to their visibility and brand recognition, are enabling new waves in the smart home market. The following tech giants showcased the following capabilities and announcements at CES: Amazon: The “Works with Ring” program and Amazon Alexa ecosystems are to integrate as well as the Key by Amazon program. This enables...

At CES 2020, many robot announcements were made with a focus around education, service, and emotional care or support.  Last week, Samsung introduced two separate robot form factors: A tennis ball sized robot called Ballie. Ballie has a camera and is designed to patrol the home. It can serve as a fitness assistant, prompting consumers to get active, it can also interact with other devices in the home. For example, Ballie can instruct a smart vacuum cleaner to clean up messes...

Affordability is now the key to the smart home. New Parks Associates research shows that affordability has become the leading purchase consideration for smart home device purchase intenders. More than half (51%) of purchase intenders rank affordability as a top 3 purchase consideration, beating product reviews (31%) and data privacy/security efforts (29%). Affordability concerns have also become the leading purchase inhibitor among non-owners and non-intenders. Nearly half (44%) of...

CES is always an interesting time. Companies show off their latest and - hopefully - greatest, and we get to guess which of these things will actually still exist in a couple of months. This year, due to throwing out my back the prior Friday during the extremely daring and strenuous task of getting out of a chair, I missed attending in person. Instead I scoured the headlines for articles of interest. And, lo, I found something interesting. No, it wasn't cute robots. Or fake pork. Or...

The connected health industry has been experiencing a shift the past five years to a more consumer-centric model. This year at CES 2020, exhibitors demonstrated a clear move toward marketing their solutions as beneficial to the consumer’s overall health and wellbeing rather than focusing on a specific aspect of the consumer’s life. This is especially true of solutions marketed toward older consumers and people caring for their loved ones. The shift toward sensor-based technology...

Rand Bailin , Partner,  Sprosty Network  gave his insights on consumers and smart home devices prior to the Parks Associates’  CONNECTIONS Summit at CES . Rand will participate on the expert   panel  Energy Management Solutions: Smart Home Crossover on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 2 :00 pm .  Panelists who will join him on this session include: Christopher Brereton , VP of Product, Inspire Anna Demeo , President,...

Nicole Hayward , Founder & CMO,  Minim , gave her insights on consumers and smart home devices prior to the Parks Associates’  CONNECTIONS Summit at CES. Nicole will participate on the expert   panel  Installation and Support: Next-Gen Smart Home Services  on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 3 :15 pm .  Panelists who will join her on this session include: Patrizia Cozzoli , Deputy CEO,  Fing Ltd Peter Butler ,...

Derrick Dicoi , GM, Xfinity Home,  Comcast Cable  gave his insights on smart home platforms prior to the Parks Associates’  CONNECTIONS Summit at CES. Derrick will participate on the expert   panel  Smart Home Platforms: Creating New Experiences  on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 9 :00 am .  Panelists who will join him on this session include: Anne Ferguson , Vice President, Marketing,  Alarm.com Amber Kappa...