How far are we from a real smart home?

OFweek smart home network news early smart home is only in the ordinary home to install a variety of sensors and electrical components, so that the original needs of hands-on human action to the machine, and we only need to press a button on the phone. But this is only an "automated home", until the integration of artificial intelligence technology and intelligent voice technology and smart home, the smart home era is only kicked off. What is smart home? The smart home is a residential platform. It uses network communication, automatic control, audio and video technology to connect facilities related to home life, and build an efficient management system for residential facilities and family affairs to improve the convenience and comfort of home life. Sex, minimalist life, customized for you. Generally include the following six aspects. Smart home life function diagram: 1, security monitoring: intelligent access control, infrared monitoring, video surveillance, video intercom, door sensor, gas monitoring 2, electronic fence: perimeter anti-theft alarm system 3, integrated management platform: clean cleaning, pet care, family members of the physiological information monitoring 4. Remote on-site control: GPS positioning keeps track of family, vehicles, etc. 5, security alarm: invasion and emergency warning lights 6, intelligent control: lighting control, curtain control, socket control, scene control "Smart" into the standard When you come back home from work, you feel a little hot on the sofa, but you are too lazy to move. At this time, facing the air conditioner, you said: “Turn the temperature down!” The air conditioner will be automatically executed immediately. Then you got up and wanted to make a simple meal and walked to the fridge and asked, "What food in the refrigerator is about to expire?" The voice of the fridge expired and the refrigerator's panel was displayed. Is this feeling so cool? Amazon, Google has entered the smart speaker The first to enter was Amazon. Amazon introduced the smart speaker Echo in 2014. It is not surprising that it overturned the public's impression of traditional speakers. Echo's main function is not listening to music but intelligent control and Internet services, music playback, question answering, home appliance control, booking airline tickets, checking the weather and even shopping on the Amazon website... It can be said that Echo makes home appliances have a brain and has the command of analyzing humans. And the ability to perform. Two years later, Google came late. With the deep capital accumulated in the field of hardware and software, it launched a smart speaker named Google Home. In addition to the original Echo features, Google Home can read Google account and schedule information of users, and support the recognition of up to six different sounds to complete more personalized smart responses. Recently, Amazon upgraded Echo. The Echo Show is no longer a smart speaker, but a tablet computer with touch screen and camera support for video interaction. Supports video calls and displays the content of the answers directly on the screen. The interaction is more similar to humans. New Trends in Smart Home: Open Internet Trends The popularity of cross-border innovation. Jingdong Micro-Link and Little Swan released a custom-designed washing machine for cross-border cooperation. Based on the realization of remote control and interconnection, the one-click shopping business model was added, and the new model of scene-based shopping was passed through the washing machine. Incorporate home consumption scenarios. The interoperability among the manufacturers has formed, and small groups and small groups have marched forward. This trend is worth considering. We must know that in the past two years, the home furnishing manufacturers are still dominating themselves and developing their own interfaces and protocols to connect their equipment together, such as Haier's U+ and Xiaomi's Mi. As a channel provider for e-commerce, it also hopes to take its own lead and allow home appliance companies to use their own technologies, such as Jingdong. Insiders pointed out that "openness" is a feature of the Internet age, and the development of smart homes also needs openness. The cooperation between traditional manufacturing companies and Internet companies is not only complementary at the product level, but more importantly it is to make full use of the open Internet to bring "intelligence" to the extreme. Compared with monopoly, this practice of “opening up” is obviously more suitable for the future development trend. Home appliance manufacturers can also save themselves while increasing the sales volume of their own products. In a word, the latest trend of smart home is cross-border integration. Cross-border cooperation in smart home With consumption upgrades and technological innovations, the development of smart homes will become faster and faster. The huge bonus space also drives related companies' R&D investment in this area. The strong support of capital and the catch-up of outlets are solid backings for the development of the smart home industry. According to Markets And Markets, the global smart home market will reach US$122 billion by 2022, with an average annual growth rate of 14%. The smart home industry has long industry chain, multiple product types, and diversified sales channels. It is difficult for a single company to monopolize the market. Cross-border cooperation among enterprises will become the mainstream trend of future industry development. For now, many large companies have already invested in this area, such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, Jingdong, Baidu, Ali, Xiaomi, 360, Haier and so on. Apple launched the HomeKit smart home platform for third-party companies; Google acquired smart indoor thermostat supplier Nest and Internet security surveillance camera maker Dropcam; Haier promoted its own U-home system platform to facilitate all kinds of home equipment interoperability; Xiaomi Build a smart home control center; Samsung's Smart Home; Jumei Youpin also "does not work" cross-border smart home, creating an independent brand "Reemake Rui quality" ... different camp companies are in the field of smart home layout. With the trend of market trends and user demand, more and more companies will emerge in the future to inject vitality into the industry. Cross-border cooperation between the Internet, traditional household appliance companies, and startup companies, complementing capital and technology, may produce wonderful chemical reactions. future development When you come back home from work, you feel a little hot on the sofa, but you are too lazy to move. At this time, facing the air conditioner, you said: “Turn the temperature down!” The air conditioner will be automatically executed immediately. Then you got up and wanted to make a simple meal and walked to the fridge and asked, "What food in the refrigerator is about to expire?" The voice of the fridge expired and the refrigerator's panel was displayed. Is this feeling so cool? Will not use installed, old problems? This is the voice of many smart home users, which reflects the complexity and wisdom of smart home operations. Therefore, besides knowing the user's behavior and habits, intelligence is more importantly capable of effectively solving the actual needs of occupants and using a convenient and user-friendly experience. As the CEO of Oerlikon Wang Xionghui said, smart technology is not only a functional level of intelligence, not just APP, remote control, but a multi-dimensional experience. For example, the function of the product itself, the interconnection between the device and the device, the intelligence between the human and the device, and the service behind the device itself. In the future, the development of residential homes to smart homes has become a consensus within and outside the industry, but smart homes are just a microcosm of the future homes providing homeowners with quality of life. As some people have said, buying a high-end property is not just about buying a house, but a choice of lifestyle and lifestyle. In the future, perhaps every family has a smart butler robot, just like Iron Man's Jarvis, who can communicate like people, can find our daily life, and help us solve all problems.