Meet with Home Connectivity Alliance at IFA 2022
The Home Connectivity Alliance (HCA), an organization dedicated to the development and promotion of safe and secure interoperability across long-life appliances, HVAC systems, and TVs within the connected home ecosystem, will host an HCA Connected Home technology showcase at IFA 2022 in Berlin, Germany on Sept. 2-5.
For interested media and other parties, please contact ifa@members.homeconnectivityalliance.org to request a meeting.
Home Connectivity Alliance meets in Prague for first Global Interoperability Workshop
- When: June 28-30, 2022
- Where: Prague, Czech Republic
- What: HCA Global Interoperability Workshop
Home Connectivity Alliance (HCA) held its first global interoperability workshop in Prague, Czech Republic on June 28-30. The three-day event was a hybrid event, with technical workgroup members from all companies attending in-person as well as virtually. HCA’s overall technical work group is led by Electrolux and composed on three task forces – Data Models, API and Cybersecurity – led by different member companies. They work in a fast paced, start-up like approach to development, focusing on the experiences enabled through C2C (cloud to cloud) integration. This is possible because they leverage existing C2C connectivity, which helps HCA members to address the large number of legacy smart appliances already in the market, something that is crucial for the long-life device category. Through this workshop, HCA was able to see their hard work over the past few months come to life when multiple brands of apps started to control multiple brands of appliances, HVAC systems, and TVs. HCA plans to reveal more at the upcoming IFA event in Berlin on Sept. 2-6, including details of commercialization dates and HCA’s plans for innovation beyond interoperability.
Join Home Connectivity Alliance
Manufacturers of long-life appliances, HVAC systems and TVs in the connected home space are invited to join HCA. Members of the alliance will have the opportunity to innovate, influence industry trends, share expertise across peers, and become leaders in expanding the connected home ecosystem. Members receive access to technical resources and are able to define connected home standards by leveraging collective experience across top brands. To learn more about the membership benefits and how to join, visit www.homeconnectivityalliance.org/membership.
June 1, 2022
News Highlights:
- International home and professional appliances and television manufacturer Vestel has joined the Home Connectivity Alliance as its newest member
- HCA established its Public Affairs Working Group with consumer data privacy top of mind
- Manufacturers of long-life appliances, HVAC systems and TVs in the connected home space are invited to join HCA
January 4, 2022
News Highlights:
- American Standard Heating and Air Conditioning, Arçelik, The Electrolux Group, Haier, GE Appliances, Samsung Electronics, and Trane Residential form Home Connectivity Alliance (HCA) to enable connected device interoperability across brands.
- HCA will develop guidelines for Cloud-to-Cloud interoperability, taking into consideration long lifecycles, data security and physical safety requirements of devices with a focus on appliances, HVAC systems and TVs.
- Alliance invites other connected device manufacturers to join in the effort to reduce vendor silos in the home and to bring new features and services to consumers globally.