Google Assistant Gets ‘Help’ Command for ‘Smart Senior Living’
KNX home automation system with Google Assistant allows seniors and other residents to summon help by voice or automatically through IoT events; caregivers can respond remotely with realKNX system demonstrated at ISE 2018.
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3 Big Trends in Security & Home Automation
The security and home-automation industries grapple with new technologies and business models today and in the near future -- insurtech, closed vs. open ecosystems, and cloud vs. local integration, to name a few.
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Sonos One with Alexa and Google Assistant, Plus ‘More Open’ API
New Sonos One speaker becomes home-automation hub with six-mic array and Alexa voice control; Google Assistant comes in 2018. Plus, a more “open” API?