Your physical access controland assets tracking Your phyical access controland assets trackingSamsung has announced a system to link together a household's various gadgets, appliances, and utility controls.It said one way the Smart Home service could be used would be to turn off a home's lights and TV if the owner said "going out" into a smartwatch app.Samsung said the service would initially be limited to its own products, but added it planned to support third parties' devices in time.However, one expert doubted the firm's rivals would support the idea."Samsung is the most aggressive competitor that exists," said Martin Garner, who covers connected homes technologies for the consultancy CCS Insight. "So, why would another manufacturer want to use its platform?"The South Korean firm will show off the technology at its booth at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) when it opens in Las Vegas on Tuesday,Other companies are expected to demonstrate competing visions at the event.
Archos has already said it will show off an Android-powered Smart Home Tablet designed to control and access information from other connected devices.LG will also show off its HomeChat system, announced last year, which allows owners to control devices by sending them SMS-based text messages.Samsung said its new service would initially offer three features:The firm said its Smart Home app would initially run on selected Samsung TVs, smartphones, tablets and its Galaxy Gear smartwatch. It will work by sending messages to remote computer servers that in turn send data to Samsung's range of internet connected air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, robot vacuum cleaners, LED lights and digital cameras. The company added that it intended to expand the platform to support healthcare products, door locks and unspecified "eco-home applications" at a later date, and would also release a software protocol to enable other device-makers to link up their machines.However, bearing in mind doubts over whether competitors would co-operate, CCS Insight suggested the firm would struggle to realise its goal."
Samsung have had the same connected home vision for a while, but their implementation of it was a bit ragged," said Mr Garner."In the past they had different apps for different appliances and they didn't all join up. It sounds like they've tidied that up quite nicely now. "But the thing we worry about is that brand loyalty across appliance categories isn't strong - research suggests if you buy a Samsung TV you don't become more likely to buy a Samsung fridge rather than one from another manufacturer. "So, just having a grand vision like this doesn't mean people will go for it." US visitors must hand over Twitter, Facebook handles by law - newbie Rep starts ball rolling Rookie's bill targets visa applicants, may never happen A newbie congressman has floated his first ever US law bill - one that demands visitors to America hand over URLs to their social network accounts. Top Trump envoys signal no quick changes to US-Russia ties BRUSSELS (AP) - The Trump administration signaled Thursday there will be no change soon in U.S.-Russian relations, putting the onus on Moscow to prove itself if it wants closer cooperation with Washington.
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