Consumers are seeing several benefits of smart devices. A large majority of respondents to Parks’ survey, 61%, rated monitoring activity outside their door as valuable or highly valuable. Also, safety and security benefits, alongside entertainment, continue to drive the adoption of connected devices:
42% of US internet households own at least one smart home device
66% own a smart TV
20% own a video doorbell
17% own a smart thermostat
"Consumers' lives practically revolve around the internet and connected devices, and in all residence types, safety leads smart home product use cases," said Mindi Sue Sternblitz-Rubenstein, VP of Marketing, Parks Associates. "Many consumers are also interested in convenience and automation and rate valuable benefits of smart home devices around monitoring, notifications, automation, and remote controls."