Ten predictions of China's smart home market

2022-01-05

Ten predictions of China's smart home market
Recently, IDC FutureScape released ten predictions of China's smart home market in 2022 to explore the development direction together.
Prediction 1: Smart home platform ecology will extend to the whole scene. The development of smart home platform ecology will integrate more layout of vehicular, mobile, office and other space scenes, build intelligent connection of the whole scene, and accumulate resources for the evolution of the next generation of human-computer interaction and intelligent devices.
Prediction 2: Smart home application ecological development will accelerate. The improvement of platform distribution capabilities will help smart home apps reach more users and meet precise needs, thus turning the gears of the development of the app market. The improvement of platform distribution capacity requires extensive and diversified equipment expansion channels, and more importantly, strengthened situational understanding ability and improved distribution efficiency.
Prediction 3: The distributed pattern of intelligent home interaction entrance will be further strengthened. Home partition prompts the market to further think about the distributed pattern of intelligent home interaction entrances, and the specific needs, interaction habits and connection tendencies of different Spaces will be paid attention to. IDC estimates that in 2022, the shipments of smart home central control screen will be close to 390,000 units, making up for the insufficient use of smart speakers in some areas, and meeting the needs of interactive control in each space.
Prediction 4: The development of sensor technology will promote the construction of home perception network. The development of sensing technology will promote home IoT devices to build a more complete perception network, layout the spatial environment perception ability, and promote the insensitive upgrading of interaction modes in smart home scenarios. IDC estimates that by 2022, 24% of smart home devices will have sensing capabilities to proactively access environmental information and anticipate user needs.
Prediction 5: Smart home equipment from fixed to mobile development. The progress of indoor positioning technology and the penetration of intelligent mechanization to the consumer market will further promote the development and innovation of home mobile devices. IDC expects 3% of smart home devices to have autonomous mobility capabilities by 2022.
Prediction 6: Smart home device connection will emphasize more integration. Smart home devices will be upgraded to integrated connection. While integrating a variety of communication protocols, the connection operation steps will be simplified to achieve fast and extensive device connection. IDC expects 37% of smart home devices to support two or more connections in 2022.
Prediction 7: Smart home growth potential tilt to the whole house intelligent solutions. The whole house intelligent solution market will usher in rapid development, take the lead in the layout of environmental management and security care scenarios, and drive channel cooperation to expand to home decoration channels. IDC estimates that 2% of smart home devices will serve whole-home smart solutions in 2022.
Prediction 8: Young user groups to foster new demand for smart home. Young groups gradually rise to become the main consumption of smart home, its pursuit of quality of life to promote smart home layout to professional and flexible development. IDC expects that in 2022, 3% of smart home solutions will cover home video room scenarios and 1% will be for renters.
Prediction 9: Family sports and health scene will usher in rapid development. The growth of fitness demand and younger fitness group will drive the rapid development of family sports and health scene, promote the growth of emerging devices, accelerate the diversification of interaction of original smart devices and the coordinated upgrading of applications, and promote the formation of payment habit of applications in family scene. IDC expects that shipments of smart home devices related to home sports and health scenarios will grow by 23% year-on-year in 2022.
Prediction 10: The privacy protection ability of smart home platform will be further improved. smart