Parks Associates recently announced that 80% of U.S. smartphone and tablet users who own at least one smart home device have downloaded mobile apps for these devices. Among smartphone/tablet users who also own specified smart home devices, 91% used an app with their device for smart programmable thermostats. Apps for sprinkler systems and lightbulbs also saw 91% usage on these devices.
Parks Associates will address app usage and connected devices in the smart home at the 20th-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, May 24-26 in San Francisco. The event hosts over 650 executives from the connected entertainment, IoT, and smart home industries and is focused specifically on strategies to fully engage consumers in the connected home experience.
Parks Associates would like to thank the following sponsors for their support in organizing this year’s event:
State Farm® was founded in 1922 on a simple principle: Customers are the core of 
everything we do and we will adapt to meet their needs. It is the goal of State Farm to be the customer’s first and best choice in the products and services we provide. For 93 years, through quality service, integrity and financial strength, State Farm has helped people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected and realize their dreams.
Nortek Security & Control (Nortek Control) is a premier provider of innovative and smart 
technologies and noted experts in “connectible-devices”. Nortek Control develops and sells a broad portfolio of home and commercial automation systems, integrated systems, and connected IoT devices. Specifically offering state-of-the-art security, access, control, and monitoring solutions to millions of homes, schools and businesses, Nortek Control’s market leadership includes: #1 installed base of home control platforms*, #1 provider of Z-Wave products**, Personal Emergency Response Service devices, and commercial building access products. Nortek Control delivers branded, private label and custom product solutions to top-tier customers.
Tyco Security Products, part of Tyco International is a unified group of world-leading access control, video, location based security and intrusion brands.
With the most trusted brands in security in one portfolio, we offer the most comprehensive range of premium security solutions in the industry; an unbeatable combination from a single source which allow our customers to see more, do more, and save more.
With over 2,000 employees in offices around the world, we support our global, local and regional customers to the highest level with sales, technical support and customer service.
NXP Semiconductors creates solutions that enable secure connections for a smarter world. 
Building on its expertise in high-performance mixed signal electronics, NXP is driving innovation in the areas of connected car, security, portable & wearable, and the Internet of Things.
Since 1906, Coldwell Banker has been a premier provider of full-service residential and 
commercial real estate brokerage services. Today, Coldwell Banker Real Estate has a global network of approximately 3,000 independently owned and operated franchised broker offices in 47 countries and territories with almost 85,000 affiliated sales professionals. The Coldwell Banker brand is known for creating innovative consumer services as recently seen by taking a leadership role in the smart home space, being the first national real estate brand with an iPad app, the first to augment its website for smart phones, the first to create an iPhone application with international listings, the first to develop an iPad application (CBx) to easily bring big data into home listing presentations, and the first to fully harness the power of video in real estate listings, news and information through its Coldwell Banker On LocationSM YouTube channel.
For more information on how to get involved in this or future CONNECTIONS conferences, contact sales@parksassociates.com or call 972-490-1113. To register, click here.
