How Do Americans Feel About The Smart Devices In Their Homes? Survey Finds They “Love Them,” But Still Have Privacy Concerns
Have you found yourself saying, “Hey, Alexa,” lately? If so, you are one of the forty million active Alexa users in the U.S. alone.
To put the popularity of smart devices into perspective: there are about 123 million households nationwide.
That means about thirty percent of American homes use an Alexa– and that is not even counting other smart devices produced by Google, LG, and more.
In 1999, the Disney movie Smart House made these innovations seem so distant and inconceivable. Now, just over twenty years later, much of that technology is here.
But how do Americans feel about their smart home tech? A recent survey conducted by Mortgage Cadence revealed that many “love” their devices.
The survey included just over nine hundred Americans ages eighteen to eighty. The average age of the respondents was thirty-nine.
Sixty-nine percent of respondents said they have smart TVs– making them the most popular smart device in the nation.
The second most popular devices are smart sound systems, followed by lights, doorbells, thermostats, and outlets.
Moreover, eighty-three percent of people’s smart devices are voice-enabled. Twenty-seven percent of Americans have just one voice-enabled device, while thirteen percent have a whopping six or more.
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And on average, Americans have spent nearly twelve hundred dollars on the tech already inside their homes. Plus, in the future, they are willing to invest about two thousand and five hundred more dollars toward additional devices.
Nonetheless, some privacy concerns regarding tech in the home do remain. Seventy-six percent of Americans are concerned about privacy in general, while fifty-nine percent are specifically worried about being spied on and monitored.
Additionally, with increasingly popular targeted marketing strategies, forty-three percent of people are worried about their data being collected for corporate purposes.
Despite these fears, six in ten people believe that smart technology has had a positive effect on their lives, and forty percent claimed they would not return to living without their devices.
Now, it is hard to imagine what advancements could take hold over the next twenty years. Perhaps we will look back at 2022 similarly as we are reflecting on 1999.
To read the survey’s complete findings, visit the link here.
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