CONNECTIONS™

Parks Associates reports smart home device ownership has tripled since 2014

Leading international research firm Parks Associates today announced confirmed speakers for the 23rd-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, May 21-23 in San Francisco. The firm reports that 25% of US broadband households have at least one smart home device, nearly tripling from 9% in 2014. CONNECTIONS™ features keynotes from Comcast, KB Home, Alarm.com, iRobot, Lennar, Control4, ...read more

45% of U.S. broadband households would buy or rent a house with smart technology over one without

Parks Associates today announced Alarm.com, Comcast, Control4, KB Home, and Lennar will be the keynote speakers at the 23^rd-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference. The research firm also announced the agenda for the conference, which will take place May 21-23, 2019, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco.

Early CONNECTIONS™ sponsors include F-Secure, Alarm.co ...read more

Industry leaders converge to address the expansion of new technologies and business models for the connected home

Parks Associates announced the topics for the 23^rd-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, which the research firm will host on May 21-23 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in San Francisco, California. Parks Associates research reveals U.S. broadband households have an average of 10.4 connected devices, including smart home, entertai ...read more

Industry leaders converge to address expansion of new technologies and business models for the smart home 

Parks Associates released new research estimates today at CONNECTIONS™ that U.S. consumers will purchase more than 485 million connected consumer devices in 2021, including smart home, connected health, mobile, and connected entertainment products. By 2022, sales will exceed 520 million units.

CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference takes place this wee ...read more

CONNECTIONS™ examines AI, connected CE, and future evolution of the connected entertainment and OTT

Parks Associates’ new report “Smart TVs vs. Streaming Media Players: Winning Over Consumers” reports more than 50% of U.S. broadband households own a smart TV and more than 40% own a streaming media player. The firm hosts CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference this week in San Francisco, featuring the session “Connected Ecosystems: Entertainment and Smart Home” on ...read more

CONNECTIONS™ examines AI and future evolution of the smart home

Parks Associates’ new report “Global Connected Living Outlook: Expanding IoT Momentum” reports 27% of U.S. broadband households reported owning at least one smart speaker. The research firm will host CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference on May 22-24 in San Francisco to examine the impact of voice and AI innovations on consumer experiences in the smart home.

“Smart speakers with personal assist ...read more

Axius, Control4, CUJO, DOMOTZ, Fibaro, Fing, F-Secure, Intel, MMB Networks, Rambus, Trend Micro, VOLANSYS, and Yonomi to discuss IoT support and interoperability at CONNECTIONS™

Research from Parks Associates shows roughly 40% of consumers in the market for a smart home device consider interoperability with either Amazon Echo or Google Home to be important. The IoT research firm will host CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference on May 22-24 in San Francisco, whic ...read more

AmTrust North America, Hippo Insurance, LeakSentinel, Roost Labs, Swiss Re, and Verisk Analytics featured at CONNECTIONS™

Parks Associates research indicates almost 60% of U.S. broadband households with insurance are likely to buy smart home devices with detection/prevention features and nearly 50% of U.S. broadband households with insurance are interested in having loss detection/prevention devices that communicate directly with their insurance company.

The research fi ...read more