Smart home category will heat up.

andrewinardeer · on Dec 23, 2024

Can you please elaborate on your position? In what context?

walterbell · on Dec 23, 2024

  Thread-over-Matter mesh networking
  UWB in door locks
  Unlicensed 6Ghz spectrum
  Apple room panels (AI/conferencing/control)
  Apple security cameras, door locks
  Apple iPad-on-motorized-pole
  In-home AI/media servers (Mac Mini/Studio, Tinybox)
  Speech interfaces based on open-source stacks

mrweasel · on Dec 23, 2024

If Apple, as rumored, ships an HomeKit hub with a screen I can see the category warming up. Sadly it seems that a lot of IoT/Smart Home companies avoids supporting HomeKit as they want to be in control of data collection and the ecosystem in general.

threatofrain · on Dec 23, 2024

Also rumored is that Apple may release something for FaceID door access.