Smart Home News

Audio Chip Leverages NFC, BLE for IoT-Enabled Speakers

Manufacturers of speakers and other devices are building NFC-enabled products to allow automated Wi-Fi connections or Bluetooth pairing, and are employing BLE mesh functionality to use the devices as part of an Internet of Things network in a user's home or other facility.

Tags: Manufacturing, Innovation, NFC, Internet of Things, Smart Home, BLE

• Qorvo Releases Multi-protocol System-on-Chip for Secure Smart Homes

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Five Ways in Which the Internet of Things Is Helping the Environment

Connectivity, sensor technology and all things IoT are helping to create a greener world.

Tags: Innovation, Energy, Environment, Sensors, Internet of Things, Efficiency, Technology, Smart Home, Agriculture/Livestock

• Appealing to the Connected Home Buyer
• Smart Home: Top-Notch Technologies
• In the IoT Smart Home, Hack-Proof Security Will Be the Differentiator

Smart Home White Papers

• Critical Challenges and Opportunities in Smart Home Product Design
  Published August 2017
  TÜV Rheinland's Sarb Shelopal and Henk Veldhuis discuss what makes a smart home device smart—namely, its ability to effortlessly communicate with other devices in a home ecosystem, and to the internet, while securing a homeowner's privacy and personal data at all times. (14 pages)
  Tags: Smart Products, Internet of Things, Smart Home
• What Is the Real Value of the IoT?
  Published September 2016
  Qorvo's Cees Links explains how the Internet of Things is making people's lives better, thanks to wearable devices such as the Fitbit, as well as smart homes and other applications. This white paper considers where the value of the IoT lies, how this value is generated and how important it is to be "better and faster." (4 pages)
  Tags: Emerging Technologies, Smart Products, Internet of Things, Devices, Smart Home