Xfinity Customers Will Be Able to Manage Smart
Home Devices – From August, Honeywell, Kwikset, Lutron, Nest, Tile,
and Dozens of Others – At Home, On the Go, and On Every Screen
Comcast to Launch ‘Works with Xfinity’ Program
to Add More Devices to Its Rapidly Growing Digital Home
Ecosystem
Comcast today announced plans to significantly expand its home
automation capabilities across its entire Xfinity services product
portfolio, which includes X1 (TV and voice remote), xFi (WiFi),
Xfinity Home (home security), and Xfinity Mobile. The move will
enable Comcast to put access to smart home controls into the hands
of more than 15 million Xfinity customers at no additional cost. It
also will make the adoption of digital home technologies and
innovative Internet of Things (IoT) experiences much more
accessible to many more people by democratizing and simplifying
home automation.
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By expanding its home automation
capabilities, Comcast is putting access to smart home controls into
the hands of more than 15 million Xfinity customers at no
additional cost. (Photo: Business Wire)
For example, controlling a home could be as simple as having
customers use their X1 voice remote to say, “Good Night,” and
automatically lock doors, turn off lights, adjust thermostats, and
arm their home security system. Alternatively, a customer could
receive a notification when her daughter returns home from school
by integrating geo-location technology in a smartphone with a
connection to the home xFi Wireless Gateway.
“Xfinity will be the home operating system that integrates every
IoT device and transforms a connected home into an intelligent
home,” said Chris Satchell, EVP and Chief Product Officer. “Our
engineers are working to enable our customers to easily control
their connected devices, making full use of our Xfinity platforms,
such as Voice Control, X1, xFi and Xfinity Home. We also will add
value to that experience by giving customers contextual suggestions
for automation that will help them take full advantage of their
digital home, making it more useful, fun, and enjoyable.”
Americans are expected to have an average of 50 WiFi connected
devices in their homes by 2020. The challenges of connecting and
managing all those devices will only grow more frustrating and
complicated without a seamless and integrated way to manage and
control them all. Xfinity, as the home operating system, will
continue to integrate and simplify the digital home for its
customers with several key efforts:
Stringify Acquisition
In September 2017, Comcast acquired Stringify, an award-winning
tech startup that today provides a cloud-powered automation service
for more than 500 IoT products and digital services. Stringify’s
technology will soon be integrated into Xfinity’s products and
services, significantly expanding the capabilities of Xfinity
automation. With the Stringify integration, Xfinity customers will
be able to create and utilize a huge number of valuable rules and
controls for a growing ecosystem of popular brands like August,
Carrier, Chamberlain, ecobee, GE, Honeywell, Kwikset, Liftmaster,
LIFX, Lutron, Nest, Netgear Arlo, Philips Hue, Danalock, Sengled,
SkyBell, Tile, Yale, Zen Ecosystems and more for no additional
charge.
‘Works with Xfinity’ Program
Comcast’s ‘Works with Xfinity’ program facilitates the
integration of smart home devices into its single, unified Xfinity
platform and provides increased choice and flexibility to Xfinity
customers. The company plans to expand its partner ecosystem to
include new product categories such as: wearables, automotive,
voice assistants, email, social media platforms, and more. New
partners will help improve an Xfinity customer’s lifestyle, whether
for convenience, entertainment, peace of mind, or to help run their
home more efficiently. Interested partners can access more
information here.
xFi is a New Way to WiFi
WiFi is critical for the digital home, and, in May 2017, Comcast
launched xFi to provide customers with a simple digital dashboard
to set up their home WiFi network, find their password, see what
devices are connected, troubleshoot issues, set parental controls
and even pause WiFi access on their home network during dinner or
bedtime. The xFi experience is currently available to nearly 15
million Xfinity Internet customers with a compatible device – the
xFi Wireless Gateway or the xFi Advanced Gateway – and can be
controlled via a mobile app, website and on the TV with the X1
voice remote. In the first eight months, more than four million
customers have utilized this new service.
Mesh WiFi with xFi Pods
Comcast recently announced that customers in Boston and Chicago
can now purchase xFi Pods, which are mesh WiFi extenders. xFi Pods
cost $119 for a three-pack and $199 for a six-pack. With a focus on
simplicity, these zero-configuration xFi Pods deliver great
whole-home WiFi coverage by using Machine Learning to constantly
adapt to each customer’s unique environment. Availability will
rapidly expand to a full national rollout in the coming months.
X1 Voice Phone Finder
Phone Finder is a new feature that enables Xfinity Mobile
customers to search for and locate their mobile phone in their home
using the X1 voice remote. There’s no set up required – customers
just say “Xfinity Mobile, find my phone” into their X1 voice
remote, and the phone rings. Click here for a video explainer.
Xfinity Cameras Deliver Intelligent Peace of Mind
Comcast recently added enhanced features to Xfinity Home
Security Cameras to help consumers monitor their front doors. Its
new AI-powered platform identifies movement, centers on the
subject, and delivers a crystal-clear thumbnail image to customers
so they can always know what’s happening with just a glance in our
app. Click here for more details.
About Comcast
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and
NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation’s largest video,
high-speed internet, and phone providers to residential customers
under the XFINITY brand, and also provides these services to
businesses. It also provides wireless and security and automation
services to residential customers under the XFINITY brand.
NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable
networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television
production operations, television station groups, Universal
Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts.
Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more
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