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- Comcast has unveiled its first family of products specifically designed by the company to serve its Xfinity Home business. The focus on design comes as Comcast is amping up the business of automating your whole home -- a contrarian approach in a market largely aimed at DIY enthusiasts piecing together their own smart home setups.
www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/comcast-xfinity-home-security-wants-in-on-your-smart-home-here-how/Comcast wants in on your smart home. Here's how it'll get ...
Through a collaboration with EcoFactor, a leading provider of energy management solutions, Xfinity Home will be able to adapt home temperature settings automatically, taking into account personal habits and preferences, as well as unique heating and cooling patterns.
- A Design Identity
- The Comcast Pitch
- Not For Everyone
Comcast launched its Xfinity Home service in 2011, but hasn't been particularly vocal about the business. It has used security as the primary hook, with the intent to sell you on additional automation services. Under the Xfinity umbrella, you'll find the Home xCam, Home Wireless Keypad, Home Motion Sensor and Home Door and Window Sensor. The produc...
Comcast relies on two strengths to distinguish it from the DIY market: lower upfront costs and professional, pain-free installation. In exchange, users pay a monthly fee -- the service starts at $40 a month, with 24-hour recording an additional $10 -- and sign a two-year contract. "We have knowledge and expertise to drive this into the wide mass ma...
Younger consumers, however, may not find the offer so compelling. After all, it means waiting for an installer to show up, dealing with service contracts and committing to services for years at a time. DIYers could take the one-time financial hit and install their own custom systems, employing setups that work with Apple's HomeKit or Google Home. B...
Aug 29, 2017 · Comcast and its rivals want to offer more services in the home to increase their revenues and create more loyal customers.
Oct 23, 2017 · While Amazon's Alexa, Google, and Apple take a device-centric approach to the smart home and emphasize their own ecosystems, Comcast is addressing the problem from the networking core out.
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Jan 11, 2018 · Comcast just gave 15 million Xfinity customers a smart-home surprise. By Ed Oswald Updated January 17, 2018. Smart home tech is hot right now, and cable giant Comcast has taken some...
Aug 29, 2017 · Comcast Corp may be best known as a cable company, but it is banking on remote-controlled door locks and cameras as well as other "smart-home" offerings to accelerate its growing home...
Feb 12, 2013 · There is an explosion of creative ideas happening right now around the smart home. Mobile devices have transformed the way we think about interacting with the technology in our homes and it’s created an appetite for real-time connection and control that was once impossible.
