When Microsoft announced this week that Windows 10 software will be released on July 29th, the return of the "Start" button will definitely make the world happy. But the app launcher that everyone loves is just one of the many new features in the operating system that will be officially released. The most important and exciting new element to be added to the Windows system is not actually mentioned by Microsoft: smart home control.
Microsoft announced in November last year that Windows 10 will integrate a new technology called AllJoyn. This new technology is an open source framework that encourages Windows devices to enhance collaboration.
AllJoyn technology was developed by the AllSeen Alliance, which consists of 150 companies including Electrolux, Honeywell, LG and Qualcomm, to create an open interface for IoT devices. standard.
Philip DesAutels, senior director of the Internet of Things at the FoundaTIon Foundation in Linux, said: "AllJoyn technology is like a dial tone for a variety of connected devices." What he means is that this new agreement is designed to guarantee you buy back. The home's new equipment can be used normally in a home network, such as a telephone answering machine, cordless phone or fax machine.
The idea behind AllJoyn is that no matter what smart home product you buy, no matter which manufacturer it produces or how it connects to the network, once they are connected to the network, they can be recognized by the network, and Network with other AllJoyn devices on the network.
This seems to be nonsense, but if it does work, then integrating AllJoyn technology is not only important for Windows users, but more important for people who don't set up smart home products. Basically, any Windows 10 device can become a smart home controller.
It's similar to Apple's HomeKit, which pushes the iPhone to the center of the smart home. But in order to be compatible with Apple's systems, Apple requires vendors to attach a special chip to their products. AllJoyn has no hardware at the core. As long as Windows 10 is available, the number of devices controlled by the total control solution will increase from 10 million to more than 1 billion.
According to the current situation, many products such as LG's TV sets and Electrolux's home appliances have integrated AllJoyn technology. Once Windows users get the latest operating system, things start to get very interesting.
De Sotel said, for example, if you want to use a Windows 10 device to listen to songs on SpoTIfy on Musaic wireless speakers, you can use the "device retrieval" function in Windows system to configure AllJoyn technology, and display a LG TV at home. Notification information. Or in a slightly more complicated situation, when the user tells the system that they are going to sleep, AllJoyn can quickly scan all the devices it is connected to and make sure everything is in order. If the garage door is still open, AllJoyn will not only remind the user, but the system will also ask if it is closed. Of course, we assume that the device that controls the door lock is also connected to the network.
De Sotel said: "The last item you want will be a networked light and a TV. You can control them by opening the application. The result you want is to let the TV and the lights work together. When you turn on the TV, the lights will automatically darken."
Since this is an open source project, AllJoyn's main goal is to connect everything, so this means that AllJoyn is also compatible with Android, iOS and Mac OS systems, but both Google and Apple have plans to control smart homes.
De Sotel talked about setting up the user interface of most smart home devices: "You have more than two pages of apps installed on your iPad or tablet, but I don't want too many apps, it's very inconvenient to use. I I want to use an application to manage everything, including home automation, life's needs and security. I hope this control can appear on the TV screen, so I don't have to always carry the iPad around."
According to Microsoft's recently announced news, its personal assistant Cortana will also support Android and iOS systems. It's not hard to imagine that the iPad will definitely interoperate with Windows connected devices at some point in the future.
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