On October 2, 2017 at 04:08, crosen said...
I don't think their play is about voice control - they are just using it as a Trojan Horse to get their platform into homes.
Here's how this plays out. In 2018, they start releasing lights, thermostats, etc. - either under their own brand or a "Works with Echo" certification.
Along side this, they release an app, just like all the other smart home platform providers.
By 2019/20 they've accomplished what so many have tried and failed - their full featured smart home hub has penetrated tens of millions of homes.
However, it is not entirely DIY. There are 3 tiers of implementation: lite, which is DIY; medium, which uses Amazon smart home services; and full, which uses the CEDIA channel.
Over the next decade, the lite and Amazon services implementations encroach more and more on the CEDIA level. But, full blown implementations will still require pros until AI finally reaches the point that systems can self configure. That's 20 years out.
