Working in consumer IoT on a regular basis.. here is the main problem with adoption:
Every device has it's own app!
Let's say eventually I want to use Echo, or SmartThings, etc. I can buy 20 devices but half of them have their own app that requires registration before I can connect it to my Echo or SmartThings hub.
The reason people hold up Apple as a potential solution is you are seeing hints of them starting to steal registration tasks of even cloud connected devices.
So you might ask "Why" does each device have it's own app? Because all of these companies want to "own" the customer and the associated data.
The funny part to me, is I know damn well some of them don't want any part of maintaining an application and the team associated with it and the infrastructure.
If someone came up with a platform that was easy to integrate, managed an app, and just shared that data for free or a nominal fee, I believe they would win.
Let's say eventually I want to use Echo, or SmartThings, etc. I can buy 20 devices but half of them have their own app that requires registration before I can connect it to my Echo or SmartThings hub.
The reason people hold up Apple as a potential solution is you are seeing hints of them starting to steal registration tasks of even cloud connected devices.
So you might ask "Why" does each device have it's own app? Because all of these companies want to "own" the customer and the associated data.
The funny part to me, is I know damn well some of them don't want any part of maintaining an application and the team associated with it and the infrastructure.
If someone came up with a platform that was easy to integrate, managed an app, and just shared that data for free or a nominal fee, I believe they would win.