Bosch is strengthening its business in solutions for the smart home. From January 1, 2016 the newly founded subsidiary Robert Bosch Smart Home GmbH will bring together the company's smart-home activities, including related software and sensor-system expertise.

In the future, the new company will offer many products and services for connected homes from a single source: for example a new solution that can report break-ins and help control the heating to save energy.

From January 2016, customers will be able to order the first Bosch products in this field online. These include the Bosch smart home controller, a smart thermostat, and a contact for doors or windows. The premiere will take place at the CES 2016 in Las Vegas.

Bosch's smart-home solutions are aimed at a giant market: according to market experts, by 2020 alone some 230 million homes worldwide - almost 15 percent of all households - will feature smart-home technologies.

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