Microsoft Nest to build smart home system around Xbox

Foreign media reports, after Google announced a few days ago to buy smart home enterprise Nest 3.2 billion dollars, many people are guessing why Microsoft did not participate in the bid. Obviously, smart home has become the trend, and as software giant Microsoft, will this important technology trend indifferent? The answer is, of course, negative. In fact, Microsoft began a year ago to promote the field of home automation, but mainly focus on the server and Game host. These include the acquisition of a start-up company, Id8groupr2studios, to strengthen the Xbox business, which was designed primarily for mobile applications in home automation before being acquired. Microsoft has long wanted to make the Xbox the entertainment center of the living room, so the Xbox is bound to play a key role in Microsoft's future home automation strategy, and Microsoft's Xbox second screen app SmartGlass also has the ability to control appliances, air-conditioning and refrigerators, With the somatosensory device Kinect, users can even use voice or gesture to easily adjust the lighting, switch garages and other operations. At the same time, Microsoft Research has been developing an intelligent home operating system called "Homeos" since 2010, which mainly serves the home environment and integrates digital products such as fluorescent lamps, televisions, refrigerators and washing machines into a single platform, Facilitate user management of these devices. So for Microsoft, at least there is absolutely no need to buy nest this type of enterprise, because Microsoft may already be developing similar to nest temperature control devices such as smart home products. Of course, Microsoft's challenge in the smart home sector is grim, as the Windows8 of the PC market has missed its best opportunity, with most mobile devices now occupied by Android and iOS, and Google will nest the benchmark corporate revenue bag in this smart home sector, There is not much time and opportunity left for Microsoft. Translator: Tangke Baidu News and NetEase Technical cooperation manuscripts, reproduced please indicate the source.