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Modernizing your home with smart technology can seem daunting to people who aren’t that tech-savvy. However, according to a new survey, most people master their devices within a few days.
Have you ever received a smart home device as a gift? You’re in good company: more than half of smart home consumers received their first device as a gift and grew their collection from there. In a survey of 2,000 US adults with smart devices in their homes – devices that are connected to the Internet and can be used to control other things around the house or act as digital assistants – 54% said their first smart device was a gift or bought for them.
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The most popular “first” devices people flocked to were cameras (18%) or streaming devices (16%). In fact, 45 percent of people with at least one smart home device said they own a smart camera.
Other popular devices likely to appear in the home are speakers (40%), streaming devices (40%), doorbells (27%) and lights (24%).
The fastest adopters of smart home technology were found to be the “Baby Boomers” (those born after WWII) – with 66% saying they started using their smart home devices “immediately”. The slowest adopters: Gen Z, where a surprising 46 percent said it takes them at least four days to acclimate to their devices.
However, Gen Z was likely to have the least resistance to owning smart home devices (63%), while millennials had the highest amount of initial resistance (25%).
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