Apple or Google: Who will win the smart home war?

The home automation sector is a wide open market that is valued at billions by analysts. But unless the technology becomes more user friendly – and fast – there’s a very real danger that it won’t see the kind of widespread market penetration that businesses are hoping for.

The potential for huge profits has led a large number of companies to enter the race at different levels of the supply chain, yet several years down the line we still don’t have a dominant player on the field.