Amazon Unveils New `Echo’-System Of Alexa Controlled Smart Home Devices
Amazon introduced Wednesday a slew of new Echo devices, Fire TV adapters and Ring/blink/eero smart home products, all centered around and a kinder, friendlier Alexa interaction experience coming soon. The central focus of the announcements at Amazon’s annual new devices event was on the strides…
LG Reveals HCA Smart Device Standard Will Be Enabled In ThinQ
During the IFA Trade Fair in Berlin, Germany this week, LG Electronics (LG) revealed that it will be the first of a number of participating companies to implement the new Home Connectivity Alliance’s (HCA) Specification 1.0 for cross-brand smart appliance connectivity. In LG’s case, this…
Hub Intel Study: Non-TV Smart TV Usage On The Upswing In U.S. Households
Increasingly, owners of smart TVs are using their home displays to do more than, well, watch TV. According to new data from a just released Hub Entertainment Research “Evolution of the TV Set 2023” report, three-quarters of smart TV owners report having used at least…
AVPro Global Acquires AudioControl
AVPro Global, parent company of AVPro Edge, Murideo, and Bullet Train audio/video distribution products, said Tuesday that it has acquired the Home Audio division of AudioControl from AAMP Holdings, Inc. The addition will give AVPro Global a broader footprint in the residential, commercial distributed audio,…
Roku Introduces Affordable Smart Home Monitoring System
Roku said Wednesday that it has expanded its Smart Home device lineup with affordable home monitoring devices, that join its suite of security cameras, video doorbells, lighting, plugs other automated products that are controllable through its smart TV OS platform. The new Roku Home Monitoring…
CES 2023 Saw Smart TV OS Wars Intensify Among Smart Media Adapter Brands
The smart TV platform wars heated up at CES 2023 with announcements of new smart TV brands and platform approaches, impinging further on the share of smart TV sticks and adapters — so-called streaming media devices (SMD), market analyst S&P Global observed in a blog…
Roku Enters Smart Home Category With Value-Priced Lineup
Roku announced today that it has entered the smart home products category through its new Roku Smart Home suite of smart home products including smart lights, plugs, security cameras, video doorbells and more. The company called the category entry “a first step beyond the company’s…
Hub: Smart TVs Represent ‘Leading Edge’ Of Smart Devices Purchased By U.S. Consumers
Adoption of smart TVs is outpacing all other smart CE product tech, according to a new study released by Hub Entertainment Research. The tech-market analyst said in its fourth annual “Connected Home” study that smart TV ownership continues to climb with 76% of TV households…
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