Smart Speakers: Security & Inoperability Are Biggest Barriers to Adoption
A new report by Strategy Analytics presents research into the user personas of both smart speaker owners and intenders.
A new report by Strategy Analytics presents research into the user personas of both smart speaker owners and intenders.
The Amazon Alexa skill enables customers to ask for a live or recorded view from any supported LILIN IP camera or NVR and have it displayed on their TV monitor.
ADT reports quarterly revenue of $1.15 billion, thanks primarily to ADT Pulse smart home growth. Pulse customers will soon gain Amazon’s new Alexa Guard feature.
The Alexa video recap skill is now available to owners of Ring, Arlo, Cloud Cam and August smart home cameras.
The integration allows for Amazon Alexa users to use the Alexa app to enable or disable new voice unlock functionality for their Schlage Sense and Connect locks.
The new offering has five tiers that sell for a flat fee — read: no monthly contracts — which include equipment and in-person installation from Amazon consultants.
Honeywell announces a number of updates to its Total Connect Remote Services including integrations with Alexa, Chamberlain and LiftMaster MyQ smart garage door control, and more.
Further entrenching itself in consumers’ homes, Amazon has purchased smart doorbell maker Ring for $1 billion.
The Amazon Key solution also includes a DIY security camera. Could Amazon soon further move into the DIY home security space?
The Google Home Mini and Home Max speakers show the company is ready to wrestle the smart home back from the clutches of Amazon and its Echo devices.
This next installment of the SSI Industry Hall of Fame Webcast Series features Jim Henry, executive vice president of corporate development for Securitas Electronic Security.
The new IEEE 802.3bt standard increases the maximum PoE power available mainly by utilizing all four pairs of the structured wiring.
