Often you hear the terms connected home and smart home used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. At least not yet. What is the difference between the smart home and the connected home today? The degree of “connectivity.”
The connected home is all the rage in the residential security space, and more and more security dealers are jumping on board the trend, relying on providers such as Alarm.com, Alula, Honeywell, Telguard and others that have curated ecosystems designed to make the security system work together with other connected products like lights, locks, thermostats, garage doors, etc.