New research from Parks Associates finds that 25 percent of U.S. broadband households plan to buy a connected health device in the next 12 months. 

Forty-four percent of U.S. broadband households who do not own or intend to purchase a smart home device perceive the devices as too expensive, so as more manufacturers deploy low-cost products with advanced features, the market could start to overcome this barrier.

Parks Associates’ new research, COVID-19: Impact on Telehealth Use and Perspectives, finds over 50 percent of U.S. broadband households are willing to share smartphone data to aid in COVID-19 contact tracing, while another 20 percent could be convinced provided privacy protections are in place. 

International research firm Parks Associates announced the launch of the CONNECTIONS Community, an online conference and networking experience focused on the connected home and IoT industries. 

New research from Parks Associates' Smart Home Buyer Journey and User Experience, a survey of 10,000 broadband households fielded at the end of 2019, reveals that adoption of home control systems experienced a 38 percent year-over-year growth rate. 

With concerns higher among households without smart home devices, these fears could contribute to reluctance among consumers to purchase these devices. 

Parks Associates announced Alarm.com, Comcast, Control4, KB Home and Lennar will be the keynote speakers at the 23rd annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference. The research firm also announced the agenda for the conference, which will take place May 21-23, 2019, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco.

IoT research firm Parks Associates announced that the 21st-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference will take place May 23-25 at the Hyatt Regency, San Francisco.

A new Parks Associates report finds smart home offerings have helped revitalize the residential security industry, as the number of households with monitored security rose more than 15 percent in the past two calendar years.

It’s time to monetize. But isn’t it always time to monetize? No doubt, as Parks Associates, the Dallas-based market research and consulting company, brought together an early November webinar featuring an industry panel aimed at “Expanding Home Security: Understanding the New Value Proposition” and to flesh out the details while traditional home security monitoring shifts to interactive.