Smart systems have nearly become an essential part of modern living. They’ve begun to change from a pleasant amenity to an indispensable factor in our daily lives.
When we think about smart technologies, we tend to focus on doorbells, speakers, and other systems based on AI technology which react to external inputs or the action of some other electronic tool.
As our lives continue to incorporate further smart technology, one of the main ways it gets controlled is through mobile phone apps. This article will discuss various ways that apps are used, as well as tech that’s currently being developed to make everything “smart.”
Home Automation
Usually, when we consider smart technology, we picture different systems in a residence. Smart technology makes it easier to manage the day-to-day activities of our lives in that setting.
Various systems can be built into a home, from a doorbell that enables you to see and speak with the person at your door, to smart locks and security systems. But they go beyond these familiar uses into areas that include coffee makers, air conditioning, and even pet-feeding machines.
All these smart devices are designed to be run from your phone. Whether it’s with a specific company’s app, or encased within another home automation system, current technology has the capability to run just about everything in your home from your phone, even if you’re at work, on vacation, or stuck in traffic.
Vehicles
Technology in our everyday lives provides an exciting advance that generally makes life easier. Despite this, people have been hesitant to get on board with some of these new trends.
Of all the potential smart systems, cars are likely to be the next logical tool to take off. There are apps that can run smart functions in a motor vehicle, so you can do everything from locking your doors and starting the engine to turning on the headlights without having to touch a single button.
Tesla currently seems to be the leader in the industry. The company’s app empowers drivers to do just about everything in their cars. The newest app functions and can park the car without anyone inside it.
Another area of the motor vehicle industry where smart technology is being deployed is in the workforce. There is tech that enables cars and other vehicles to gather data points such as gas mileage, maintenance, and greenhouse emissions and place them into a central software system called Cetaris.
Given a large enough sample, this technology has the potential to let drivers know when they are about to reach a point where issues may surface, gas mileage may be falling, or greenhouse gas emissions are climbing higher. Though there is currently no app that carries these capabilities, and the technology is primarily focused on deployment for trucking fleets, the potential for the rest of us is there and worth watching.
Health
Health and wellness are one of the most popular categories for downloadable apps. If you check any App Store, the odds are that many of the top choices in downloads will relate to health.
Smart health apps are designed to improve users’ health in various ways, such as predicting the onset of illness or tracking the number of steps the owner has taken. Experts have noted that these apps are becoming more and more necessary in an increasingly hectic society.
Health and wellness apps make it much easier for the user to keep track of physical condition and activities, whether by helping you get more and better sleep, manage stress levels, exercise, or eat more nutritious meals.
The future for the health and medical field is unclear, but it isn’t outside the realm of possibility that apps may be developed that will not only send reminders of when to take a certain action, but also learn to release notifications based on readings such as a rising heart rate, when the wearer has sat for an extended period of time, or what to do to recover from rigorous activity.
