Wi-Fi will play an increasingly important role in...
Wi-Fi will play an increasingly important role in the smart home appliance market over the next five years, ABI Research said Wednesday. Wi-Fi connectivity is now available only in high-end models, but ABI Research said it believes connectivity will “slowly…
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permeate” to lower-tier models over the next five years. “Smart home appliance features are at present limited to remote access through mobile devices,” said ABI Research senior analyst Adarsh Krishnan in a news release. “The true value of these smart grid ready devices, such as use in demand-response energy management programs, is several years away and initially will be primarily U.S.-based.” By 2018, more than 21 million Wi-Fi-enabled smart appliances will be shipped globally, the firm said. Other connectivity technologies will also gain market share, however, given Wi-Fi’s comparatively high energy consumption. ABI Research said it sees the highest growth potential with Bluetooth, ZigBee and Z-Wave. That change will come during a period of continued growth for the smart appliance market -- it is set to reach nearly $25 billion by 2018, ABI Research said (http://bit.ly/17xJrQS).