Smart home technology not yet living up to the hype

Applicances have been found to be buggy, and consumers worry about privacy and security.
July 7, 2016

Smart home technology is not living up to its billing, according to a recent Washington Post article.

The author describes smart home equipment as “a fractured market of occasionally buggy appliances that work with some, but not all, of the systems out there.” A recent damper on the market is consumer concern about the implications that smart devices held for their privacy and security. In a survey by Accenture, some consumers had abandoned their smart home gadgets.

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