What is smart home technology?

Integrating networking into everyday appliances so they interconnect and coordinate — e.g., an oven timing a meal from your calendar.

Smart home technology is a growing trend that allows technology to be integrated into everyday appliances, enabling them to interconnect with other devices.

* Smart-home technology networks everyday appliances — lighting, heating, locks, cameras — a key driver of IoT. *

Example: An oven might know what time to cook a meal by communicating with your calendar to check when you're scheduled to be home.

Smart home technology now extends to nearly every room — lighting, heating, locks, cameras, and entertainment — and is a key driver of the Internet of Things (IoT), where everyday objects gain network connectivity.

Go deeper:

• Internet of Things (Wikipedia) — the broader IoT concept that smart-home appliances plug into (Wi-Fi, Zigbee, 5G).
• Smart home (Wikipedia) — focused on the home itself: lighting, climate, security, and networked appliances.