Smart Home User Interface: Overview

This paper overviews the Smart Home User Interfaces (UI) in the following aspects: general definition of Human-Machine Interface (HMI), types of common Smart Home UI, market analysis of HMI, voice assistants and chatbots. This study was conducted to determine existed Smart Home UI and evaluate them in the future works. This comparing and evaluation needed to choose appropriate and convenient Smart Home UI for certain application. The overview leaded to the following findings: Smart Home market is growing; certain global trends influenced on this market and on HMI in general; certain groups of people are more interested in Smart Home technologies; each type of Smart Home User Interface has its leaders. This study can help researchers learn about the main types of Smart Home User Interfaces and trends in this market.