Summary

Innovation in video and audio analytics is driving new applications and services like facial, emotional, gender, and object recognition, creating dramatic new capabilities to understand context and deliver value. Embedding microphones in devices throughout the home to deliver a voice interface creates opportunities to extend value through sound recognition and notifications. Detection of glass breaking or a baby crying provides clear value to consumers. This report examines how video and audio analytics are evolving and impacting the smart home user experience and profiles companies that are driving the technology forward.

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Bottom Line

Smart Audio and Video Devices: Growing in Capability and Reach
     Before the Analytics – Advancements in Data Capture 
     Smart Devices being very Smart: Inferencing at the Edge or the Cloud

Peace of Mind after a Troubling 2020
     Security and Surveillance
     Keep an (Electronic) Eye on Loved Ones

AI: Assisting Seniors and Caregivers

Help with Housework

Control without a Touch

Video and Audio Analytics Players across the Value Chain
     Original Equipment Manufacturers         
     Software Vendors

Innovations on the Horizon – Applying Wider AI Use Cases to the Smart Home  

Implications and Recommendations       

Appendix           

Consumer Data Methodology   

Attribution

List of Figures