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Samsung Joins the Smart Home Sensor Battle With Apple, Google
- Starter kit with central hub and sensors to sell for $304
- Platform freely available to developers for appliances
Samsung Smart Things devices on display at the company's stand during previews for the IFA International Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin.
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First came the PC, then the Internet, then the smartphone and tablet. Now, technology companies want to link them all to your front door, your bathroom light, or your furnace -- anything with an on-off switch, and some things that don’t yet have them -- using myriad sensors throughout your house.
Samsung Electronics Co. will begin selling a starter kit for a connected home this month, stepping up competition with Google Inc. and Apple Inc. in the industry’s bid to sell systems that turn off the lights when nobody’s in the room and let you control your thermostat from the car or subway.