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07:39 16th June 2011
Wireless technology will push the growth of home automation systems, according to ABI Research.
The firm said in a new study shipments of home automation systems will total about 1.8 million worldwide in 2011. But it also said the number will rise, exceeding 12 million in 2016.
"This robust growth is the result of standards-based, 'no new wire' wireless and powerline technologies such as ZigBee that drive down system costs and expand the addressable market," ABI Research said in a press release.
Another reason for this growth is market innovation, it said.
One example is Google's recently-launched Android@Home Framework, a middleware layer sitting on top of the newest Android OS. The Framework devices such light switches and consumer appliances,to be discovered and connected to a central home automation application, and controlled via smartphone, like Apple's iPhone.
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