Zonoff Company to build five-link network with the help of unified software

Tencent Science and Technology (ICE dust) Beijing time July 28 news, according to foreign media reports, zonoff companies to use a unified software platform to play the creation of the network, is expected to promote smart home into the mainstream.

The report said that the topic of "smart home" has been discussed for many years. But only recently have more and more equipment to communicate with each other to surround us.

Samsung and LG are developing smart televisions, refrigerators, dishwashers and other household smart devices. Zonoff, a start-up company, wants smart devices from large electronics manufacturers and retailers to use their software platforms to connect with other companies ' products.

Its role is the "brain" of each other's home products, allowing all networked devices to communicate with each other.

Zonoff Support Somfy, the company provides a home automation experience. Some companies are currently not readily disclosed.

This April, Zonoff a 3.8 million-dollar venture in the series A round of financing. The company is ambitious and says it is willing to drive recommended services such as camera installation and air-conditioning maintenance. For example, next week the weather will be unusually hot, but your air-conditioner has been off since October. Through the relevant data to learn about this situation, Zonoff will recommend a heating ventilation and air-conditioning professional technicians door-to-door repair, and charge an introduction fee.

So how does it feel to live in a room like this? "There is no standard answer," said Mike Harris, CEO of Zonoff, "even at my house, my wife thinks the important thing is totally different from me." It is important for her to know that her children are getting off the bus or that she is not at home. ”

Harris says his home may have installed more than 100 different networking devices. For him, the lights are closed in accordance with the procedure, the windows are closed on time, and when he sleeps, the shutdown is important.

"These devices will be executed according to the behavior we expect." But imagine that for the next 5 years, when every device in your home needs a battery, even if you don't think it's going to make a sensor, it's not impossible. By then, all the devices will be interconnected and the entire network will grow stronger. ”

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