AT&T this week announced plans to expand the product and service offerings of its smart home portfolio, AT&T Digital Life, by integrating new 3rd party products and services into its home security and automation platform. AT&T is working with Lutron Electronics, Samsung, Qualcomm and LG Electronics to provide more choice to customers with the ability to manage new capabilities from the AT&T Digital Life app.
Announcing this at the 2015 International CES, AT&T said that it is now moving from a closed platform model to an open-standards managed platform that will enable Digital Life to rapidly expand the types of services and products it is able to offer customers, as well as enter new markets while delivering an integrated experience.
AT&T Digital Life will be enhanced with the offerings from these initial partners, including a list of product and services as follows:
Lutron Electronics: Lutron devices, such as window shades and lighting controls through the Digital Life app.
Samsung: Samsung Gear S to integrate with the Digital Life app, which allows the receipt of Digital Life notifications on the Gear S. The Digital Life portfolio will be able to use Samsung SmartCam HD Pro that brings full HD 1080p image sensor and powered by a high-performance chipset developed by Samsung Techwin.
Qualcomm Life: AT&T Digital Life App to access Qualcomm Life’s 2net™ Platform and Hub, a medical-grade device connectivity platform and standalone gateway, with the goal of developing a solution to allow customers to seamlessly transmit biometric data such as blood pressure or weight.
LG Electronics: LG’s webOS Smart TV’s with AllJoyn capabilities could receive notifications and alerts from the Digital Life system.
Kevin Petersen, Senior Vice President, AT&T Digital Life
Innovation in home automation is skyrocketing, but to really drive mass adoption, we need to expand the strong platform that we have built working with key industry leaders and developers to bring the best ideas together to benefit the customer. That’s what we’re going to continue do in 2015. Digital Life plans to be able to welcome customers who are already integrated with these solutions from Lutron and Samsung Techwin to bring their devices and connect to Digital Life. Likewise, we intend to allow our current customers to purchase these products and services and enjoy them as part of an integrated Digital Life experience.
