The consumer Internet of Things with all its connected cameras, smart household appliances and smart home applications will continue to grow unstoppably in 2023.…
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AV-TEST at the IFA 2022
After two breaks in 2020 and 2021, the International Consumer Electronics Fair IFA was held again this year at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds. Due…
The Internet of Things is more than “Smart Home”
The AV-TEST Institute has been awarding its certificate to IoT devices since 2015, and it has always carried the label “Approved Smart Home Product”.…
SDKs and the Google SDK Index
Almost every IoT product today is linked in some way to an associated mobile application, which the user can use to control, manage or…
Seven years of IoT testing, over 150 products tested – A retrospective
2013 – with the test on smart home systems, such as the QIVICON Home Base and the Gigaset Elements smart home system, the AV-TEST…
AV-TEST welcomes European Minimum Standard EN 303 645
With a now almost unmanageable number of networked devices and services, the Internet of Things is an absolute boom sector in the development of…
How do we test? – Data Protection and Privacy
The aspect that has gained the most relevance since the beginning of our tests in the area of Internet of Things, for us and…
Review 2019: A good year for IoT security
Dear visitors of this blog, dear Smart Home and IoT friends, what a year it was! In a short review we are happy to…
Product Warning! Chinese children’s watch reveals thousands of children’s data
The smartwatch SMA-WATCH-M2, which works as a GPS tracker via SIM card, is designed to protect children and give parents a secure feeling. However,…
Smart means secure – AV-TEST honors IoT manufacturers at IFA 2019
From smart speakers to vacuum robots: What can be connected to the internet will be connected. This business rule of IoT was clearly visible…