IoT, Cloud, Consumers, Challenges for Smart Appliance Manufacturers

The development of Smart Appliances is facilitated and supported by the constant expansion of both basic and related functionalities, as well as the market expansion of two modern technologies - IoT and Cloud Computing. This paper also looks at the challenges that manufacturers of smart home appliances typically face as they try to incorporate IoT and Cloud technologies into their innovative, modern-looking, customer-friendly products. Those are related not only to the technological aspects, but also to the perceptions, attitudes, desires and even fears of consumers.