Hot 5 consumer electronics trends to watch in 2015

The consumer market is moving swiftly and the competition is getting stiffer. With the rapid change in consumer preference, the trend in consumer electronics too alters fast. Here, consumer is unquestionably the king of the market and their needs changes from time to time. When there is a new technology or trend crops up, the consumers want to know about it and the subsequent level of adoption is no surprise to us! Consumers always want the most advanced products. Understanding their needs and preferences, manufactures enhance the features which are impressive enough to hook the customers to their products. Cars Tech The concept of self-driving or connected cars is not new now. Much has already been said and written about it, especially Google’s self-driving car. Automakers are focusing more on the vehicle infotainment system. Major players like Ford and Audi are investing a lot of money in car tech. Ford has its latest version of communication and infotainment system called Sync 3, which is a mere reflection of the next generation voice activated technology in cars and it aims both at Android and iPhone users. Audi comes up with an awesome car tech which will be debuted on the 2016 Q7 SUV. This is a tablet which is designed for in-car use and will be connected to car’s built-in infotainment and navigation systems. This can also be used outside the car as a regular tablet. Adding more to the car infotainment, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto too are coming. Almost all the major carmakers are aiming at smartphone integration through any of these systems in addition to their own car tech system. Voice and gesture control will be dominating because it ensures more focus on driving than navigating the dashboards. 2015 promises a high rate of car tech adoption, which indicates a major consumer electronics shift. Wearables Wearables are taking off, especially as a health and wellness aid. This is gradual but a big move of consumer electronics towards healthcare. Wearables are most convenient to become your personal health monitoring assistant. Apple Watch comes in April 2015 with a steep focus on health monitoring, this is going to be widespread and push wearable sales further. IDC expects the worldwide wearables market to grow to around 112 million units by 2018. We may expect a great customer swing towards wearable technologies in the coming years. Source: CEA Market Research 4K UHD 4k is the next big thing in screen technology. The 3,840 x 2,160 pixels allow more detail, depth, and color resolution of the picture. Unlike the popular notion of sitting at a distance from a TV, 4k encourages sitting closer to have a better viewing experience. The technology looks certainly fascinating; however, it has not reached to the mainstream due to its rarity or unavailability of 4k contents. Once the content is wide spread, there will be more takers and why won’t you like if you can view every details of the picture so clearly and accurately on your television? Source: tekarticles.com Consumer Drones Drones! Are they making their way to the mainstream? Gone are the days you only heard about military drones. It is fascinating to learn that drones are getting into the hands of individuals and be used by them for personal works. It is amazing, and there is an increased use of drones in delivery services, hobby level consumer grade video shooting drones or selfie taking drones. Some of the popular consumer drones like Parrot AR Drone, 3D Robotics Iris, DJI Inspire quadcopter, Q500 Typhoon quadcopter, DJI Phantom, Blade Nano qx, RCLogger Eye One Xtreme, etc. have got more takers now. Source: Yahoo.com The Smart Home  Get ready to have your mind blown—the varieties appearing in the home appliance front are quite impressive. “In 2015, around 38 million homes across the world are expected to have a Smart Home system.” If this prediction lives up to its words, there would be a huge change happening. Look at the fancy list of apparatus for home front- Smart fridge, TV, oven, dishwasher, refrigerator, washing machine, lights and switches, smart air cooler, automated sweeper, color changing smart LEDs, smart lock, smart hub, smart thermostat, home energy dashboard, robotic vacuums, self-watering plants and what not? The list will make you amazed for sure. They all contribute to our idea of building up a smart or connected home. LG HomeChat, Apple HomeKit system, Nest Thermostat from Google Inc., and Samsung SmartThings are already in the market and expect to bring a number of reforms to this area. Source: blog.montrium.com