Smart home development

Smart home has experienced more than 10 years of development in China so far. From the people’s initial dreams to today’s real life into our lives, it has gone through a difficult process.

In the bud (1994-1999)

The first stage of smart home development in China is the budding period. At that time, the entire industry was in a state of familiarity with concepts and cognitive products. There was no professional smart home manufacturer. There were only one or two companies in Shenzhen that were engaged in the sale of American x-10 smart home agents, and were engaged in import retail business. Most of the products are sold to European and American users living in China.

Start-up period (2000-2005)

The second stage of smart home development is the creation period. At that time, more than 50 smart home R&D and production companies were established in China, mainly in Shenzhen, Shanghai, Tianjin, Beijing, Hangzhou, and Xiamen. The marketing and technical training system for smart homes has gradually improved. However, due to the savage growth and vicious competition of smart home companies at this stage, the smart home industry has had a tremendous negative impact. Therefore, industry users and media have begun to question the actual effect of smart homes, and have become cautious from the original advocacy. The market sales also saw a slowdown in growth, and even some regions experienced a drop in sales.

The flood season (2006-2010)

In the flood season, foreign smart home brands were secretly deployed and entered the Chinese market, such as Legrand, Honeywell, Schneider, and Contr014. Some domestic companies that have survived have gradually found their own development direction, such as Tianjin Ruilang, Qingdao Airhouse, Haier, Kedao and so on.

Fusion Evolution Period (2011-2020)

After entering 2011, the market has clearly seen the momentum of growth, indicating that the smart home industry has entered a turning point and has entered a new round of convergence and evolution. In the next 3-5 years, smart homes entered a relatively rapid development stage. On the other hand, agreements and technical standards began to actively interoperate and merge. Industry mergers and acquisitions began to appear and gradually became mainstream. By 2014, major manufacturers have begun to intensively deploy smart homes. Although there are no particularly successful cases in the industry from the perspective of industry, more and more manufacturers have begun to intervene and participate, which makes people realize that smart homes The future development and prosperity have been irreversible.