ABC Business Conference 2021 Insights: Netherlands Market Adoption of Smart Home Technologies

DUSSELDORF,Germany,Feb. 8,2021 -- The AI+IoT Business Conference Europe,organized by Tuya Smart,a leading IoT platform provider,is taking place this year as a 10-part event series. After the first two successful events focusing on Italy and Russia,the latest event was all about the Netherlands.

Figures from the annual GfK Smart Home Monitor 2020 show that familiarity with the term "Smart Home" has more than doubled in 5 years. Almost a third of the Dutch now know what a smart home stands for. There is also an increasing number of consumers interested in a smart home. Nearly a fifth of whom expects to have a fully smart home within two years.

Flora Lyu,Head of Business Development of Benelux from Tuya Smart,gave a super exciting overview of the European smart home market in her presentation,referring to Statista's Smart Home Report 2020. In the European market,Lyu detects six main segments: control and connectivity,smart appliances,security,home entertainment,comfort and lighting,and energy management.

Bas de Cocq van Delwijnen,Chief Operations Officer at WOOX Home Europe,gave comprehensive insight into the local Dutch smart home market. Dutch consumers own an average of 5 smart devices,such as smart lighting,a smart video doorbell,or a smart security system. The rollout of these devices accelerated last year due to the coronavirus pandemic,shown by research by the GfK Smart Home Monitor.

Lily Jong,CEO of PVG Group,showed various insights from the re-sellers' point of view. According to Jong,offering smart home products goes hand in hand with providing a proper App and customer services. Jong's appeal is to have service offered before the customer is aware that assistance is needed.

To view the conference presentations,please register at https://www.tuya.com/event/abc/eur.

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