Smart home appliance tech: New entrant in consumer IoT
After a long hectic week, imagine you’re on your way to a long- awaited house party with friends. But there’s a complication — you have just realised that the entrance to your house would be dusty and dirty, thanks to the ongoing construction next door, and you surely do not want to start the party on a wrong foot. So, you take the matter in your own hand, grab your smartphone, and put your vacuum cleaner to work before you reach. You also switch on the music and the AC and set the ambience for the party through smart lighting. Welcome to the future.
Pulak Satish Kumar, Chief Operating Officer of Puresight Systems believes that as we draw closer to the end of this decade, India’s marvellous transformation through it deserves nothing short of a standing ovation. Coming from an era of sporadic digitisation, our country has today become the world’s second- largest smartphone market and is being highlighted worldwide as an exemplary case of digital adoption. Smart devices are increasingly becoming one of the basic needs for people across all walks of life – from corporate bigwigs and tech professionals to cab drivers, small retailers, and chaiwalas.
Thanks to the Smart Cities Mission, we will soon be witness to the rise of new, high- tech smart cities that’ll have state- oftheart technologies as the core component of their underlying framework. And this change has already started with the smallest unit of these cities: the individual households, which are becoming smarter each day. How? Let’s have a look. Beyond smart cities and smartphones, how smart devices and smart homes are catching India’s fascination.
For the uninitiated, smart devices are digital gadgets or appliances that have the ability to connect with other devices across a broader network. These devices are based on IoT technology ( Internet of Things) and can transmit information and execute commands leveraging the same. In other words, smart devices are interconnected in nature and can communicate with each other using either the internet or the local network connection. Such devices are the building blocks of connected smart homes and can be controlled using smartphones, tabs, computers, or virtual home assistants.
Full- fledged smart homes have become a notsodistant reality in India. And Indian tech enthusiasts are already making their homes ‘ smarter’ and future- ready by using such IoT devices. These devices include smart door locks, smart electrical appliances, smart lighting systems, smart home assistants, and smart home cleaning solutions.
Smart devices are transforming our lives - from ambience to convenience
Smart devices, today, are adding unmatched comfort and convenience to modern Indians’ everyday lifestyles. If you’ve ever been tasked with cleaning your home, you know how difficult it is to reach out to ‘ that’ inaccessible spot underneath the couch. It is to address this challenge that hi- tech Indian consumers are now turning towards progressive offerings such as smart robo- vacuum cleaners. These Wi- Fi connected devices pacing about the length and breadth of your house have multistage cleaning systems and come loaded with adaptive navigation and patented technologies. They often leverage advanced optical and acoustic sensors and are able to identify dust, mites, and allergens that are as small as 10 microns and invisible to human eye. They can sweep the most challenging of floor surfaces, including tiles, laminates, hardwood, and door entrances. Some offerings even include floor- cleaning brushes.