Only 6% of Smart Speaker 🔉 Owners Using Them to Control Smart Home Devices❗

A new survey of smart speaker owners found that only 6% of them are currently using the device to control smart home devices like lighting and heating.


"However, this category will continue to trend upward as more video-streaming devices come to rely on voice control, as security alarm systems adopt voice control to arm and disarm, and as more builders embed smart devices throughout new homes."

The firm counted some 4,100 connected devices on the market at the beginning of this year, and says it is only a matter of time before voice becomes the primary means of controlling them.

While devices like thermostats, connected appliances and door locks are important in their own rights, smart speakers will ultimately be the primary disruptor for smart home deployments, and the means by which consumers interact with all other devices.

IHS Markit estimates that by the end of 2018, more than 1 million home policies across North America will include at least one connected home device - most likely water-leak sensors, flow detectors or shutoff valves.