A new report from Guidehouse Insights examines the competitive landscape for the smart home and cites Amazon as the top vendor in the sector.
According to the consultancy, over the past several years a number of smart home options have arisen that allow consumers to tie together the wide range of devices they own, frequently from multiple manufacturers. Smart home offerings have coalesced around several platforms created by the largest technology companies, including Amazon, Google and Samsung, and to a lesser extent Apple.
At the same time, a distinct ecosystem of platforms has arisen in China, based on compatibility with products from local tech giants Alibaba, Baidu and Xiaomi. Also ranked in the Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard report are semiconductor manufacturers whose chipsets enable device connectivity.
Guidehouse Top 10 Vendors are:
- Amazon
- Samsung
- Alibaba
- Xiaomi
- Baidu
- Apple
- NXP Semiconductor
- Semtech
- Silicon Labs
“The key factor underlying the smart home is connectivity, specifically the ability for multiple devices to communicate with one another, with or without direct commands from a person,” said Francesco Radicati, senior research analyst with Guidehouse Insights, in introducing the report’s conclusions. “As the products become more advanced and consolidated into a manufacturer’s ecosystem, a command issued to one device can cause others to take complementary actions, such as locking the front door when the bedroom lights are turned off. Over the past several years, multiple options have arisen to help consumers tie together the wide range of devices they own, frequently from multiple manufacturers.”
