Smart appliances have become the future direction of family life today. Many families choose smart homes because of the convenience of being able to control the appliances in them. Whether you are traveling at home, it is still important that the home appliances you use are controlled through an app. With the advent of smart apps, the comfort of living at home can be improved. Corona is the era when people spend more time hanging out. The demand for smart appliances and smart appliance control has also increased.

Problem

The Smart Home App needs to control a lot of smart products. For example, refrigerators, washing machines, floor robots, windows, etc. It also needs to classify the user's usage scenarios according to their habits and working hours. How to use the app for faster and easier operation is a question. Many of the family members are elderly people. Older people are not as receptive to using APPs as younger people. It is also a question of how to make the operating system of the APP simple and easy to understand.

Research

The following feedback was received in the form of a questionnaire: more than 30% of users under 25 years old have smart home appliances at home. Users between the ages of 26 and 35 are more receptive to smart home appliance apps, while those over 35 consider smart home appliances to be in their early stages. 45+ users want smart home appliances to be practical. All users surveyed liked the Smart Appliance App for remote control of cooking in advance the most.

     Smart Home App Question

Q1: 1. What is your age?

 A.Under 25 years old

 B.26-35 years old

 C.36-45 years old

 D.45 years old or above

Q2: 2. What is your gender?

 A.Male

 B.Female

Q3：3. Have you ever come into contact with an intelligent control system that can remotely control home appliances or other objects?

 A.No

 B.I have used them

 C.Have learned about it, but have not seen it

 D.I have heard of it

Q4：4. What stage do you think the smart home is currently at?

 A.Concept hype

 B.Initial application

 C.Popularization of application

Q5：5. Are you interested in installing smart home products for your future home?

 Yes, very interested

 B.Interested, but no intention at the moment

 C.Not interested

Q6：6. If you use smart home products, what do you value most?

 A.Practicality

 B.Aesthetics

 C.Trendiness

 D.Good value for money

Q7：7. How do you see the smart home system?

 A.If someone breaks into my home, the system can accurately determine and alert me in time

 B. The lights in the room do not need to be switched on and off by themselves

 C.The curtains can be operated automatically, so I don't need to pull them by myself

 D.I can turn on the water heater from my mobile phone when I am outside

 E. At 6:30 in the morning I am still asleep and the rice cooker is already cooking me porridge according to the set program

Q8：8. What kind of functions would you like to control remotely in your home? (Remote control means direct operation from your mobile phone when you are away from home)

 A. So that the rice cooker can cook rice in advance

 B. Turn on the air conditioner and water heater in advance before coming home

 C.Control the opening and closing of door locks

 D.Control the closing and opening of lights and curtains

Q9：9. What do you think are the aspects of smart home control systems on the market that you know of that need improvement? (Q & A)

Function

The Smart Home App controls smart appliances via your mobile phone. Usage scenarios are living at home, leaving home, sleeping, and waking up. Family members can all be controlled via their mobile phones. For example, setting the temperature of the air conditioner, the refrigerator, the floor sweeper mode, and the washing machine. The research shows that children and young people are more receptive to APPs. The above groups are easier to operate using the APP. However, the elderly are more cumbersome to control when using due to the high number of household appliances. Therefore, it is important to improve the icons. This makes it easier for the elderly to use the APP when they are not mobile. Of course, you can add as many smart appliances as you like to the APP. The green logo can be used to make the user more relaxed about using electronic products. The rice cooker can be operated by the user's mobile phone on the way home from work. Users can eat immediately after returning home to save time on cooking.