Sales for home-dedicated IoT devices have been growing in 2020. The danger, however, is that of accumulating a large amount of them that do not communicate with each other and therefore disregard the development of an integrated home automation system, the only one capable of responding to the requests of an increasingly advanced user. We talked about it with Mattia Cerutti, head of the IoT Lab del Politecnico di Milano, who has always worked on the integration between the systems of the different brands.
The 2020 market data of the Internet of Things Observatory of the Politecnico di Milano confirmed that the new centrality that the home has gained during the health emergency has favored the sale of some smart solutions, while others have been penalized. Security solutions – which include cameras, sensors for doors and windows and connected locks – maintain the first place by market share (21%) with 105 million euros, but mark a decrease of 30% compared to 2019. of arrest is also highlighted by the consumer, who still indicates safety as the first reason for buying a smart object but with a decrease of 9 percentage points (from 36% to 27%). Instead, the growth of smart home speakers continues, which hook security solutions in first place, with a value of 105 million euros (+ 10%), equal to 21% of the market, but only 14% of smart owners. speaker uses them to manage other smart objects in the house.
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