IoT Summit at HardwareCon, sponsored by Trusource Labs, explores innovations the connected home and consumer engagement strategies

Parks Associates today announced new research showing 50% of personal assistant device and app users in U.S. broadband households are very satisfied with the solution they are using. The firm’s 360 Deep Dive: Voice-enabled Use Cases reports that 48% of U.S. broadband households used a personal digital assistant in 2017, with Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa as the most commonly used.

Parks Associates will host the IoT Summit: Transformation of Consumer Products: Connectivity & IoTat HardwareCon, April 19, 2018, at the San Jose Convention Center, to explore innovations in voice, AI, and cloud platforms in enhancing the user experience in the connected home. The IoT Summit, sponsored by Trusource Labs, features five sessions on the first day of HardwareCon.

Smart Speakers with Personal Assistant Ownership | Parks Associates

“Innovations such as voice have resonated with consumers, quickly creating new opportunities for companies to leverage voice as a user interface within the consumer IoT,” said Elizabeth Parks, SVP, Parks Associates. “However, this expansion in voice assistants has also created a fragmented experience—consumers may interact with one assistant on their phone, a different one in their kitchen, and a third in their car. The smart home and IoT markets are working now to solve the problems inherent when many solutions operate within the home, to create a cohesive experience for the consumer.”

Transformation of Consumer Products: Connectivity & IoT will address the opportunities and challenges in this dynamic industry and examine the changing landscape for product development, trends and challenges associated with new innovations, and the impact of these changes on the IoT market. Speakers for the interactive panel sessions include:  

  • Quintin Anderson, COO, Granite River Labs; Thread Group
  • Rob Conant, CEO, Cirrent
  • David Foote, VP Business Development, DSPG
  • Scott Ford, CEO, Pepper IoT
  • David Friedman, CEO, Ayla Networks
  • Jeff Guymon, Chief Business Development Officer, Trusource Labs
  • Francois Le, CEO, iotaBEAM
  • Mike Miller, VP Account Management, OnProcess Technologies
  • Todd Mozer, CEO, Sensory
  • Frank Ploumen, Head, Premises Product Management, Calix
  • Eric Qian, Director, Product Management, Head, Technology – IoT & Analytics, CIO, Ericsson
  • Peter Radsliff, VP, Marketing, Prodea
  • Amit Rele, Connected Home Product Line Management, NETGEAR
  • Bill Scheffler, VP, Sales and Business Development, Z-Wave, Sigma
  • David Shoop, Director Product Innovation, TiVo
  • Zach Supalla, CEO & Founder, Particle
  • Ganesh Swaminathan, Director, Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
  • Tim Westman, Smart Home Group, Director, Intel Corporation
  • Leon Wong, Senior Director, New Markets, Products & Technologies, Flex

 

Additional research from 360 Deep Dive: Voice-enabled Use Cases:

 

  • Google Home owners report using the device more often the longer they own the device.
  • 15% of U.S. broadband households own a smart speaker with an intelligent personal assistant

 

For more information about attending or participating at HardwareCon, visit www.HardwareCon.com.

 

For information about Parks Associates’ events, visit www.parksassociates.com/events. To speak with an analyst or to request data, contact Julia Homier at julia.homier@parksassociates.com, 972-996-0214.

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About Parks Associates

Parks Associates is a global research, consulting, and marketing firm with 40 years of experience delivering proprietary consumer data and industry insights for businesses. The firm produces market research reports, forecasts, surveys, and competitive business intelligence on connected consumer, small business, and commercial technologies and related business solutions. Parks Associates provides custom research, strategic consulting, and forward-looking analysis across connected home, small business, and commercial markets, including security, smart home, broadband, entertainment, energy, multifamily, smart buildings, connected health, and emerging AI-driven technologies.

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