What Users Value Most in Smart Homes and How to Design for It

Smart-home users are driven by 5 key motivations: convenience, safety, ambience control, cost savings, and access to actionable data insights.

Summary: Smart-home users are driven by 5 key motivations: convenience, safety, ambience control, cost savings, and access to actionable data insights.


Smart-home devices, ranging from smart lights and thermostats to smart locks and cameras, promise to make people’s lives easier, more comfortable, and secure. According to Precedence Research , the global smart-home-device market was valued at nearly $130 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach $1 trillion by 2033.

As more people bring smart-home technology into their homes, understanding what they value in their smart devices and how they use them is essential for creating systems that support diverse user needs and goals .

About Our Diary Study

To understand how people use smart-home devices, we conducted a 2-week diary study with 10 participants, receiving over 120 recorded interactions. We followed up with semi-structured interviews to reveal deeper insights into participants’ goals, needs, and expectations in regard to their smart homes.

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