Use of internet-connected devices has become widespread across the European Union, according to a report by Eurostat.<\/p>\n
Specifically, 70.9 per cent of people in the European Union used internet-connected devices in 2024, otherwise known as \u2018smart\u2019 devices, or the Internet of Things (IoT).<\/p>\n
The Netherlands recorded the highest share of users of internet-connected devices in the EU at 94.8 per cent, followed by Ireland with 90.6 per cent and Denmark at 87.0 per cent.<\/p>\n
By contrast, the lowest shares were observed in Poland at 46.1 per cent, Bulgaria at 50.8 per cent and Romania at 56.6 per cent.<\/p>\n
Among the various types of internet-connected devices, internet-connected televisions were by far the most widely used IoT devices in 2024, with 57.9 per cent of individuals reporting their use.<\/p>\n
This was followed by smart wearables, such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, which were used by 29.9 per cent of people.<\/p>\n
One-fifth of people reported using games consoles at 19.5 per cent and internet-connected home audio systems at 19.3 per cent.<\/p>\n
Additionally, 16.0 per cent of people reported using a virtual assistant in the form of a smart speaker.<\/p>\n
Home automation devices, also referred to as \u2018domotics\u2019, were less commonly used.<\/p>\n
In 2024, 14.2 per cent of people used an internet-connected home energy management system.<\/p>\n
A further 12.8 per cent reported using smart home appliances, while 11.8 per cent used smart home security devices.<\/p>\n
Lastly, 10.5 per cent of respondents reported using a car with a built-in wireless connection, 7.9 per cent reported using health-related IoT devices, and 2.3 per cent used internet-connected toys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Use of internet-connected devices has become widespread across the European Union, according to a report by Eurostat. Specifically,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1638,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-110696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-internet","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}