APPLIANCES / TREND PAPER
Smart Homes
A Look into Today's Trends and Opportunities
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Smart home application opportunities, and their related growth, cut across a variety of
segments as demonstrated in the following chart
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Graphic Sources: 1) Grand View Research
Key Design Opportunities
As manufacturers look to develop smart home products and take advantage of growth trends, a variety of technology and design
issues must be considered. This includes a host of features, reflected in the following chart, with the need for mobile device
integrations and voice-enabled platforms being paramount.
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Customer safety
Universal design (accessibility)
Emissions
(odor, noise, and moisture)
Limestone accumulation
(in water heating)
Control of steam quality
(specific to certain
cooking appliances)
Reusability and
reparability
Design features
Priorities in design consideration
Technology features
Popularity of technology solutions
Over next three years
Mobile device accomodations
Safety technology that alerts
cell phone of undesirable
situations
Voice-enabled home
automation platforms
Entertainment enhancements
Smudge-proof touchscreens/
tablets to assist with meal
ideas and recipes
Wall-mounted touch-panel
interface
Technology to track food
inventory and recommend
menu ideas
Technology that allows for
remote meal prep via
smartphone
76%
58%
58%
53%
49%
43%
33%
30%
Key Application Segments
Key Segment Trends (USD Million)
Lowest
priority
Highest
priority
