Understanding Our Neighborhood: The 2024 House Assistant Survey
As House Assistant continues to develop and evolve, so does our dedication to creating it extra inclusive, accessible, and aligned with the varied wants of our group. To that finish, we’re launching an annual survey—and we hope you’ll take part!
An enormous a part of constructing our roadmap going ahead was focusing extra on analysis, which led the crew to deliver me (Annika) in as a Senior Consumer Expertise Researcher. We may maintain assuming our group’s desires and desires, however we’d fairly base our choices on data-driven insights 😉. With this survey, we purpose to raised perceive not simply how you employ House Assistant, but in addition who you might be as an individual, a wise dwelling person, and a member of our group. This information will assist us:
- Tailor our future work to handle the wants of our group.
- Determine developments and shifts within the good dwelling panorama over time.
- Guarantee House Assistant and its ecosystem mirror the values and priorities of those that use it.
We perceive that a few of the questions we’re asking contact on delicate matters. Relaxation assured, your responses are utterly nameless, and all questions are optionally available. When you’re ever uncomfortable, you’ll be able to skip a query—however for the outcomes to be recorded, you could hit the submit button on the finish of the survey. This survey isn’t brief; we advocate setting apart round 20 minutes to finish it. Fill out the survey here
~Annika
What we’re hoping to study
We’re curious about how you began your smart home journey and what drives your decisions today in your home. From the types of devices you use to how your household interacts with your smart home. We want to learn who is using Home Assistant, not just the primary user, but also those living in your smart home. These insights allow us to understand the varied experiences and expertise within the community. For example, knowing your professional background helps us identify areas where your day-to-day knowledge intersects with smart home technologies. We are also asking about neurodiversity, which can help us understand how our community processes and interacts with information. By learning about these differences, we can make our communication and platform design more inclusive. Again, we can understand if you prefer not to share this information.
One area we’re trying to understand better is how you personally resonate with the values of the Open Home. We believe in privacy, sustainability, and choice—but how important are these values to you?
Your data
First and foremost, the survey is entirely anonymous, and you can skip any question you don’t want to answer. For sensitive questions (e.g., gender), we provide options like “prefer not to say” or open text fields.
Once collected, the data will be anonymized and aggregated to ensure your privacy. Because we cannot identify individual responses, certain data rights (like deletion requests) won’t be applicable after submission. Please note around halfway through the survey there is a partial submit point, once you click continue the previous answers will be recorded. The data will be stored and handled according to GDPR standards. For more details, see our User Research Agreement
How one can assist
This isn’t a short survey and should take around 20 minutes – don’t hesitate to return later to complete it. For the results to be recorded, you must progress past the partial submission point or hit the submit button at the end of the survey. While responding to the survey, be aware that there is no right or wrong answer. It is about you as a person, your experience, opinions, and feelings. Don’t overthink your responses, but stay with the answers that come to your mind intuitively. The more detail, the better – your insights will help shape our future directions. Also, share it with friends, family, or anyone who uses Home Assistant.
Fill out the Survey here
The survey opens on Monday, December 16, and closes on Monday, January 20. As soon as we’ve analyzed the information, we’ll share the outcomes and insights with the group. By collaborating, you’re serving to us construct a greater House Assistant – one which grows with its customers and stays true to its values. Thanks in your help!
