The home is only getting smarter. More than a quarter of Americans own at least one smart-home product and nearly half of millennials (adults ages 18 to 34) are adopting smart-home technology, according to a survey of approximately 4,000 Americans by Coldwell Banker and technology site CNET.
Smart-home products — such as connected lighting, thermostats, remote-access security and smart locks — are strongly val ued by those adopting them; 91 percent of those who said they currently use a smart product would recommend the tech.
The biggest benefits
The bulk of respondents (87 percent) say smart-home tech makes their lives easier. More than half (57 percent) say it saves them time, at an average of almost 30 minutes a day. It’s also saving homeowners money. Nearly half (45 percent) of those surveyed said their smart-home tech saves them more than $1,100 a year. Seventy-two percent said their smart-home products provide them peace of mind.
Parents among the biggest home-tech adopters
Parents with kids under the age of 18 are more likely (42 percent) to have smart-home tech than those with no children (23 percent), and more than two-thirds of parents were more like to have made their home smart upon move-in. Security is the top priority for those with kids; more than threefourths of parents said the smart products provide peace. Further, 59 percent of parents said they’ve be willing to pay more for a home with smart-home features already installed; just 47 percent of those without children said they’d pay more.
Among other findings:
76 percent of those with smart-home products control them with a mobile device.
More than half (51 percent) say the living room benefits most from smart-home tech, followed by the bedroom (45 percent), family room (35 percent), kitchen (30 percent) and dining room (21 percent).
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