The smart homes are more and more present. We have many devices that we can use in our day to day, such as smart light bulbs, temperature sensors, automated doors… But, how will home automation advance in the coming years? In this article we echo a report that shows what awaits us soon and we will talk about what the homes of the future will be like, which will be sooner than we imagine.
Home automation will increase
We can say that there are many types of IoT devices and they are becoming more and more useful. But if we think about how many homes today are home automation or smart, the figure is around 13.97%. But that will increase considerably in the coming years. In fact, according to the latest study carried out by Digital Market Outlook, in a matter of 3 years, just over one in five homes will be home automation. Specifically, they calculate that the 21.09%.
Behind this increase there are several reasons. No doubt the innovation is one of them, and we see more and more smart devices available. This will allow us to see a greater utility and we can use them for our day to day. Being able to automate things like turning lights on or off, raising or lowering blinds, turning on the heating at certain times or when we are going to get home…
But another key point that is going to increase home automation is the price drop. It is a fact that technology, once there is more supply and production processes are optimized, drops in price. And that is what is happening and will happen with IoT devices. We can see smart bulbs at a much lower price than a few years ago, for example. Something similar happens with smart plugs.
A future with many possibilities
Talking about the future always means playing a bit of fortune-telling. No one knows what kind of devices are going to appear, possible new uses that we can’t imagine, or even new uses for devices that already exist. But we can at least do forecasts based on what we already have.
The future, as we see, is one of a progressive increase in home automation. But if we think about the current situation, with an increase in the cost of energy, it invites us to believe that there will be a considerable increase in devices that help us save electricity. For example, devices that allow you to program the turning off or on of the heating or air conditioning, plugs that show us the real energy consumption, etc.
They will also be very present voice commands. For example to turn lights, appliances, doors or windows on and off. But sustainability is going to be a key point and it is going to be directly linked to energy saving, so we can predict that there will be more devices aimed at making our homes more optimized and better able to take advantage of available resources. For example devices to control water consumption. There will be many more devices connected and knowing which devices are on Wi-Fi will be important in many cases.
In short, as you can see, smart homes are going to increase considerably in the coming years. We will also have more devices available, with many uses that we cannot even imagine yet.
