2014 smart home product summary

Smart home refers to a variety of functions and means such as home appliance control, lighting control, telephone remote control, indoor and outdoor remote control, burglar alarm, and environmental monitoring through the Internet of Things technology. Compared with ordinary homes, smart homes not only have traditional residential functions, but also have architecture, network communications, information appliances, and equipment automation. They provide a full range of information exchange functions and can even save money for various energy costs.

In 2014, it was known as the first year of smart home. During this year, smart homes were hot in the industry, and various smart home products emerged one after another. These various intelligent products, to a certain extent, have opened the door to wisdom for us. So, in 2014, what smart products emerged in the smart home market are worth paying attention to? Let's review it together.

Smart refrigerator

Automatic refrigerator mode exchange, always keeping foods in the best storage state, allowing users to know the amount of food in the refrigerator, freshness and shelf life information at anytime and anywhere through mobile phones or computers, providing users with healthy recipes and nutrition taboos, and reminding users of timing Supplementary foods, etc., have a wealth of functions and are directly linked to people's daily lives. Smart refrigerators are expected by people.

However, due to the unstable product quality, many of the corresponding APP solutions are not mature enough, the functions are not yet perfect and the price is relatively expensive, all of which make the market share of smart refrigerators not reach people's expectations.

Smart camera

In 2014, the home smart camera entered the "HD" in full, the most important thing is that in addition to the clear image, the voice intercom function was also added. This has also led to the "voice control" of smart products. In addition to cameras, smart sockets, sensors, etc. can be controlled through the app. In addition to traditional monitoring vendors, Internet companies such as Xiaomi and Baidu have also been added.

In terms of price, the home video camera price war started again because of 360 and Xiaomi’s two smart cameras. Bid farewell to the era of thousands of dollars, starting with a hundred yuan products gradually come out, and closer to the distance between consumers.

Pay attention to mobile monitoring, mobile app will undoubtedly become a home camera control terminal. Perhaps the charm of WeChat makes people unable to stop. More and more cameras can be connected via WeChat, zero app, zero configuration, and we can focus on the WeChat account. Zero installation and zero operation make smart cameras truly become members of life. .

Smart socket

Among smart home products, smart outlets will undoubtedly become the hottest product this year. Support timing function, remote control switch. In addition, the power management of home appliances can be realized through software, such as televisions, drinking fountains, etc. The standby power consumption of these appliances can not be underestimated; According to the user's usage habits and frequency, custom power-on time, truly intelligent use Electricity management.

More than half of the friends believe that the smart socket can join the relay function, enhance the WiFi signal in the house, and become a "power cat" to solve the problem of network signal coverage. 46% of netizens have realized that there is a "security risk" in smart sockets at present, and it seems that smart sockets still need to work harder in terms of security standards.

Access Control System

Not long ago, relevant professional technical analysts in the US once said that the replacement of keys with mobile phones will become a future trend. This also indicates that the keys that have been in people's trouser pockets for thousands of years will eventually disappear. The phone replaces the key, which will allow people to conveniently access without having to carry the key.

Just download and install the APP terminal, you can use the smart phone to control the entry and exit behaviors of the entrance door, unit door, community gate, and barrier gate, and record all the access events, and no need to carry the access card, key and other access tools. Smooth entry and exit. The smart pocket key developed by Hangzhou Bolian Zhixin team has already realized the prediction that the mobile phone replaces the key to some extent.

building intercom

Under the dual drive of user needs and national policies, digital intercom technology has developed rapidly in our country. Compared with analog walkie-talkies, digital intercom has many performance advantages, which can significantly improve the reliability, flexibility, and intelligence of users' wireless communications. Digital intercom can not only achieve stronger noise suppression effect, but also can expand the available coverage, and can also extend battery life, providing users with a clearer intercom experience.

If users are allowed to replace the digital intercom equipment, the investment for the user to purchase the equipment will be lost. Hyland's many devices are compatible with both analog and digital modes, enabling users to change from analog to digital era, not only saving users money, but also maximizing the benefits of intercom equipment in the hands of users, perfecting simulations. Intercom equipment encountered many problems, to achieve rapid increase in user efficiency.

Conclusion:

In 2014, we saw the growth of the smart home market, but there was still some distance from the real smart life. The reason is that almost every product, from the hardware, data, applications are independent, there is no interconnection between different vendors hardware, no data sharing and open, without the participation of third-party application manufacturers, it is difficult to produce good applications. Imagine that when you bought several homes from different manufacturers, there are several different platforms for data, and you need different software to control. How can you have a good experience?

Therefore, realizing the linkage of various intelligent product functions, letting them unite together more humanized and understanding human needs will be the next step for the smart home industry.