Home Automation Week in Review
The week when:
- Arlo Hopes Indoor Cameras Are Essential
- Alarm.com Is Integrating Cars into the Smart Home
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The week when:
- Arlo Hopes Indoor Cameras Are Essential
- Alarm.com Is Integrating Cars into the Smart Home
The week when:
- Ring Video Doorbell 2 Is on Pre-Order
- ADT Dishes it Out
Dollar sales for smart home devices purchased at retail increased 7% in 2020, softer than we had originally expected pre-pandemic, but still growing nevertheless. Security cameras continued to drive the highest dollar sales of any smart home segment, but smart doorbells drove more new dollar spend for the third year in a row.
Because of the pandemic, home improvement projects experienced a renaissance year – including smart lighting upgrades – the only smart home segment to perform better than expected in 2020.
Key trends discussed that impact retail sales trends include:
The week when:
- Echo is Going Flat Out
- Wyze is Getting Colorful
- Ring Adds Geofencing
The week when:
- Ring and Lennar Partner to Start New Homes Smart
- Google Home May Soon Have More Flexible Controls
- Wink May Finally Be About to Sink
The week when:
- Ring Now Has a $60 Doorbell
- Alexa Is Acting on a Hunch…
- Amazon Guard Plus Rolls Out
The week when:
- Lorex Enters the Smart Doorbell Segment
- Signify Switches Off A Smart Lighting Shortcoming
The Home Automation Marketplace quarterly report provides guidance on product design and product strategies. It provides item level product detail – including product attributes and average selling prices – of the home automation products currently selling at retail. Eight product categories are included: security cameras, smart entry, smart lighting, sensors, system controllers, smart power, item trackers, and kits.
The week when:
- Doorbells…
- Door Locks (or Strikes)…
- …And Fancy Doggie Doors
The week when:
- C by GE is Now Cync
- Tile Will Launch UWB Item Tracker?
- Google Will Launch a New Nest Hub?