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Connected devices keep up with commerce. We predict US retail mcommerce sales will grow 14.7% this year to reach $504.95 billion. That growth comes as the US sees 230.0 million connected TV (CTV) users, 151.4 million connected car drivers, 117.1 million smart homes users, and 105.5 million smart speaker users in 2023.

Metaverse hype may have died down, but tech companies are still investing in VR. And a crop of new devices will continue to expand audiences鈥攁lbeit slowly.

It recently reentered the Indian market; rolled out plans to launch its online marketplace in Mexico, Germany, Spain, France, and Italy this year; announced partnerships with brands such as Skechers and mothercare company Lansinoh; and expanded into new categories such as home appliances and smart home products.

It contains their contacts and their health information and their banking information and their smart home. I think people are willing to really stretch to get the best they can afford in that category," CEO Tim Cook said on the company鈥檚 earning鈥檚 call. How this would work: Apple could accelerate iPhone releases or bring out features planned for future models in a more expensive premium device.

Amazon would like to play in this market with its own Fire TV in-car entertainment system, which also includes integrations with Alexa and Ring smart home systems. What are the implications for marketers? Manufacturers need to up their game to control the media system. Apple and Google have decades of experience providing digital interfaces.

Amazon is also reducing its real estate footprint and distancing itself from poorly performing business units like its Devices and Services group, which is responsible for Echo speakers and smart home devices. A cascading effect of layoffs on the tech industry: 2023 seems to be continuing on last year鈥檚 trend of layoffs as a means to recover from the economic downturn.

Only 8% of internet users worldwide say they are likely to buy an AR/VR headset or device within the next 12 months, per a November 2023 survey from Capgemini. This is much lower than the 30% of consumers who say they鈥檒l invest in smart home security or the 29% that would buy health wearables/tracking devices.

So I think that particular device is having a wide-ranging impact on a lot of these behaviors. Bill Fisher:. That's a good start. Any other milestones? Paul Verna:. Not necessarily a milestone, but I think smart home products in general have been doing very well, trending upward, and particularly in North America, 26-plus percent adoption.

Today, In Other News, placing labels on internet-connected devices and Apple's lip-reading technology. Story one, "Many smart home devices will soon feature a label that helps folks figure out how secure these products actually are," writes Sam Sabin of Axios.

Smart home robots is what we're talking about. Wes Davis at the Verge writes that humanoid robots are one of those dreams that sometimes feels like we're on the precipice of realizing Boston Dynamics has its Atlas robot and Tesla is pursuing robotics while companies like Mercedes, Amazon and BMW are or will be testing robots for industrial use.

The battle between Walgreens and Cooler Screens underscores in-store retail media challenges: Glitchy technology, measurement challenges, and outdated store infrastructure doomed the partnership.

The news: Samsung and LG are betting that on-device AI capabilities can enhance picture quality and performance on their connected TVs (CTV). They鈥檙e also integrating Microsoft Copilot or generative AI (genAI) features on TVs. It鈥檚 the latest expansion of AI into the mainstream and could bring AI to millions of homes.

On today's episode, we discuss how time spent on smartphones is changing, what people do on different devices, and what digital time spent in your car might look like. "In Other News," we talk about the significance of Amazon's Sidewalk network and what to make of two new pieces of potential AI legislation. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Yory Wurmser.

Physical stores are the new frontier for retail media. But undeveloped tech capabilities, competing priorities, and unproven new formats are hurdles retailers need to address.

So Amazon may want to see if they can each share from brick and mortar retail and I think they could build it around the home and garden category. Outdoor furniture could be popular during this. I also think Amazon has a lot of Greek flagship electronics for the smart home and protecting your home, security, ring doorbell, things of that nature.

You mentioned selling these devices, these Amazon specific devices in a lot of instances. They're selling this category of consumer electronics less to make money, more to get inside the consumer's homes. They're selling their own consumer electronics to try and establish themselves inside your home with Amazon devices. Fire devices, echo devices, things like that.

They've been trying to dominate the smart home with the Amazon Echo devices. They sunset their home security drone, a home robot, smart health ring, but some investors are starting to lose patience, the article notes. (04:20):. Gents, why do you think Amazon hasn't been able to find a fourth hit, if you will? Rahul Chadha (04:27):.

I also liked the smart home is starting to blend or make technology that is more seamlessly integrated into the home. And I think that speaks to interoperability, which is making things seamless, making things easy, making things to more likely to blend in with the general flows of our daily routines. Bill Fisher:. Transparent TVs was another thing. Zach Goldner:.