New Parks Associates research in the firm's Smart Home Tracker finds smart home mainstays are strengthening their offerings by acquiring smaller companies with deep expertise.
Parks Associates' Smart Home Tracker provides insights into the competitive landscape of the smart home market through analysis of key industries in the smart home space as well as market shifts and player announcements on an ongoing basis.
Parks Associates research indicates that the waning pandemic did not fully reverse the massive growth of telework the world experienced during 2020 and 2021.
Parks Associates research indicates that 16% of US internet households intend to buy an electric vehicle in the next 12 months, and that group includes many who don't live in a single-family home where a charger can easily be installed in a garage.
From the article, "Smart home companies add brand equity and new tech in Q1 via acquisitions."
Parks Associates research analyst Glenn Hower is prepared to be proved wrong, but he remains skeptical about an Apple streaming entry. "With Sling TV and PlayStation Vue in the market, Apple is now pl...
Smartphones owners can’t keep their content on their phone, a Parks Associates survey of broadband households found. Thirty-five percent of smartphone owners stream music to speakers, and 24 percen...
Barbara Kraus, Parks Associates director of research, also sees potential. “There are a number of potential use cases for the TV as a smart-home controller,” she said. “The TV display can be used as a...
Many consumers demanded bigger screens, and the move paid off for Apple. The larger iPhone was Apple’s best seller ever. But not all Apple consumers made the switch. According to research firm P...
