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In short, designing a feature that nobody is going to use is pointless. In speaking about what they showed at the latest iteration of IFA in September 2024, Tekippe referenced their SmartThings energy service, which offers deeper insights into how energy is being used in the smart home and allows the consumer to make adjustments accordingly. “We have this AI Energy Mode on our appliances so that in the event a house goes off grid, we can notify the consumer on their TV, like, ‘Hey, your house is in backup mode. You’re not connected to the electric mains anymore.’ We can recommend putting appliances in certain settings to save energy. That’s one practical example.” Energy management and supporting ageing relatives who may need round- the-clock monitoring shows that the technology behind Matter goes beyond
for areas in your life like watching over your elderly parents.
“The smart home is made up of a lot of smart devices that are connected and you can control them somehow,” Neidig said. “But the intelligent home is one where it can learn your patterns, it can think about ageing in a place where your parents don’t want to move out of their home, but you can’t be there every day. If they have an intelligent home, it can learn that.” “We refer to the ‘home’ less as the intelligent home, more the autonomous home,” Kondel added. “It’s not just about having devices that can connect.” A good point made by Mark Tekippe, VP of Product and Growth at Samsung SmartThings was making sure to think about “practical examples” in designing smart home devices and the features that would benefit consumers the most.
Adding a Matter device into a smart home network. Source: Infineon Technologies
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