Smart Home Devices news and trends

Smart Home Device Sales To Hit 1.94B By 2023
Retail // June 07, 2018

New research says that the global demand for smart home devices will soon exceed sales of smartphones by 2023. The research from Strategy Analytics shows that consumers around the world purchased 663 million smart home devices in 2017, and that number will increase to 1.94...

Amazon Takes On Best Buy With Its Take On The Geek Squad
Retail // July 11, 2017

Amazon is taking on Best Buy in the home installation and service market where Geek Squad has dominated by quietly rolling out its own service unit. Recode, citing multiple sources and job postings, reported news that during the last few months the eCommerce giant has...

Alibaba Is Taking On Alexa, Google Home, DingDong and Little Fish With New Smart Speaker
Retail // July 05, 2017

In its latest effort to keep up with its American big brother Amazon, China’s eCommerce giant Alibaba has announced the debut of its own smart home speaker. With this addition, each of the Frightful Five will have its own voice-controlled speaker: Amazon with its Echo...

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Smart Home Device Sales To Hit 1.94B By 2023

June 07, 2018
New research says that the global demand for smart home devices will soon exceed sales of smartphones by 2023. The research from Strategy Analytics shows that consumers around the world purchased 663 million smart home devices in 2017, and that number will increase to 1.94 billion in 2023. “Consumer spending on smart home related hardware, […]

Amazon Takes On Best Buy With Its Take On The Geek Squad

July 11, 2017
Amazon is taking on Best Buy in the home installation and service market where Geek Squad has dominated by quietly rolling out its own service unit. Recode, citing multiple sources...