The research firm IDC projects that 1.3 billion smart devices will ship worldwide in 2022, twice as many as 2018. Kohler's smart toilet Numi will respond to voice commands to raise or lower the lid, or to flush. As for that smart toilet, Kohler’s Numi will respond to voice commands to raise or lower the lid — or to flush. New this year: Samsung’s washing machines can send alerts to its TVs — smart TVs, of course — so you know your laundry is ready while watching Netflix. The market for smart devices is still small, but growing.

Source: thestar January 07, 2019 19:07 UTC