JUNE 20224Recollect the last time you had a good heart-to-heart talk with your house? A real soul-searching, tell-it-like-it-is discussion about your needs and desires? Too many homeowners neglect these meaningful tete-a-tetes, and as a result, they and their homes, both fall into what can best be described as 20th-century ennui or, the not-so-smart home syndrome. Cheaper data, higher disposable income, and reduced hardware costs have led to India as the second largest digital market in the world. With a quest to make life simple and secure, technology has gained central stage in all walks of life including the designing of homes. The smart home market in India was estimated to grow significantly and become a nine billion U.S. dollar market.Today's latest home automation systems enable the house to do everything it can to please the owner, from announcing that the carpets need cleaning to notifying if the wine cellar temperature is a tad too high for your Jim Beam. At the same time, there are multiple products and options available in the market to ensure security of your home with smart devices. Home automation has been around since Joseph Henry pioneered the electric doorbell in 1831. Ever since, we've loved the idea of having our houses do things for us, making our home environment safer, cheaper to maintain, and hopefully saving us time that could be put to good use just goofing off. Certainly there's no shortage of excellent gadgets and gizmos designed to keep you safe, happy, and entertained at home. But the current evolution in home automation is about integrating all of a home's systems into a centralized control that can be accessed from multiple entry points -- home-based touch pads, computer screens, land-line telephones, cell phones, and mobile devices, such as iPads. This edition is bringing together the emerging players in the Indian home automation market. From product based startups to smart home enablers, the featured startups have taken the notch up higher in home automation. It's not longer about just voice commands. Emmanuel Christi DasEditoreditor@siliconindia.comUnlock Comfort & LifeEDITOR'S NOTEsiliconindia Vol 7 · Issue 8 - 1 · JUNE 2022 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Special Editor Emanuel Christi Das Editorial Team Monica Pallavi J Hridkamal Roy Akankha Chak Sales & Marketing Deepika S. Nischita Prakash Naik Arvind Chakaravathy Editorial Queries startupcity@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit: www.siliconindia.com/subscribe/ Cover price is Rs. 150 per issue.Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of Biz Print Media Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2022 Biz Print Media Technologies Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.sales@startupcity.comGroup Art Director Ashok KumarCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalVisualiser Suanya Chakraborty VP Sales & Marketing Shashi Ranjan
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