Jonathan Collins

Research Focus

Jonathan Collins, Research Director, manages ABI Research’s smart home and smart health coverage. Currently based in New York, he joined ABI Research in the UK, working in the London office for five years. He adds critical cross-continent perspective to ABI Research’s market coverage and represents the company at public engagements as a speaker, panel member, and panel chairman at industry events in the U.S. and Europe.

Past Experience

Jonathan brings to ABI Research his extensive journalistic and editorial experience covering a range of emerging technologies. Prior to joining ABI Research, Jonathan was European Editor of RFID Journal; he has also held editorial positions at tele.com magazine, Computergram, and Computer Business Review and has contributed to many other IT business titles.

Education

He holds a MSc in computer science from London University and a BA in European Cultural History from Middlesex University.

Jonathan Collins in the News

• 18 Aug 2020 - Safety.com: Can Smart Home Devices Help Protect You From Coronavirus?
• 17 Aug 2020 - Retail Wire: Smart home spending to take a temporary hit before surging
• 13 May 2020 - Voice of America: Voice Controlled Tech to Grow as People Seek ‘No Touch’ Choices
• 10 May 2020 - Voice of America: Pandemic Gives Fresh Momentum to Digital Voice Technology
• 24 Apr 2020 - Security System News: COVID-19 to drive voice control demand
• 03 Apr 2020 - Residential Tech Today: ABI Research: ‘A Smarter Home Can Be a Safer Home’
• 09 Jan 2020 - Electronics 360: CES 2020: Amazon Alexa everything
• 13 Nov 2019 - CNN Business: This smart lock lets Walmart deliver groceries inside your home -- no key needed
• 23 Aug 2019 - Industry Week: 79 Million Homes Globally Will Have a Robot in Residence by 2024
• 14 May 2019 - Sonos has put itself in the middle of the battle between Alexa and Google Assistant
• 02 Feb 2019 - The Nest in my son's room was acting weird. Here's what I did next
• 18 Jan 2019 - TWICE: Amazon Winning Voice Assistant War - But For How Long?
• 16 Oct 2018 - CNN Business: Growing up with Alexa: A child's relationship with Amazon's voice assistant
• 08 Oct 2018 - CNBC: Facebook unveils Portal smart speakers with video calling to battle Amazon and Google
• 08 Oct 2018 - New York Times: Facebook’s Making Hardware Now? Company Introduces Video-Calling Devices
• 08 Oct 2018 - Facebook wants people to invite its cameras into their homes
• 08 Oct 2018 - BBC News: Facebook Portal video chat screens raise privacy concerns