"The holy grail of the smart home is ambient computing - technology that disappears into the background, anticipating your needs without a word or a tap. Lights turn on as you walk in, doors unlock as you approach, coffee brews before you reach the kitchen. This is the proactive home: a space that adapts to its occupants to support their comfort, health, and safety. The tools exist to create this, but today's smart home remains complicated, unreliable, and often invasive - still a long way from truly "ambient.""
"But, just as it's changing every other game in tech, advances in artificial intelligence are a watershed moment for the smart home. The rise of AI agents that tap into language and visual models is the technology that could take us from the command-and-control era of home automation to living in the Starship Enterprise, where our every need can be served by Star Trek's Computer (assuming that's what you want)."
IFA 2025 will showcase visions for AI-enabled connected homes that are more intuitive, context-aware, and ambient. Ambient computing aims to make technology disappear into the background and anticipate occupants' needs without commands. Proactive homes can automate lights, locks, and appliances to support comfort, health, and safety. Current smart-home setups remain complicated, unreliable, and often invasive, limiting adoption. Advances in AI agents using language and visual models present a path from command-and-control automation to anticipatory, agent-driven experiences. Meaningful progress will require reliable implementations, strong privacy protections, and tangible improvements to everyday products.
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