# Smart Familial Intercoms The Nucleus Smart Home Lets Parents Communicate Wirelessly with Children By M | Published 2016-03-03 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/communicate-wirelessly References: [thegadgetflow](http://thegadgetflow.com/portfolio/nucleus-smart-home-intercom/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds) & [amazon](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019JSE7PC?tag=trenhunt0f-20) The [Nucleus](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aio-cr360-lux) Smart Home Intercom is designed to keep families connected wirelessly in the space of the home through both voice and video connection. The intercom uses Wi-Fi rather than a cellular signal to send calls between devices, allowing family members to connect to one another in under 200-milliseconds. This is ideal for large families looking to stay in touch in one connected space through an instant means of communications. Often intercoms are designed off of a voice-based model, however the Nucleus Smart Home functions off of a [wireless video connection](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wireless-intercom-solution) with crystal clear footage and audio. The device is able to also be programmed to [control other tech gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/shelly-wall-display-x2i) such as tables, speakers and lights all from one convenient place. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 0.9/10 - Popularity: 6% | Activity: 12% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/gadgets) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Wireless Familial Connectivity:** Families are seeking increasing seamless ways to connect and stay in touch in real time, creating opportunities for new products and services utilizing wireless connectivity. - **Smart Intercom Functionality:** Developing intercoms that go beyond voice-based models, allowing consumers to interact with smart home technologies, presents disruptive opportunities for enhancing the home automation industry. - **Instant Communications:** Consumers are increasingly looking for instant means of communication with family members, thus there is opportunity for exploring product development around fast and reliable family-oriented intercoms. ### Where This Applies - **Smart Home Technology:** The growth of smart homes calls for developing intercoms with more advanced functionalities that can serve as a control hub for other connected gadgets within the home. - **Family Communication:** Family-oriented communication technologies will benefit from targeting trends in wireless communication and instant messaging as ways to stay connected, creating opportunities for future market growth. - **Home Automation:** The use of intercoms as a means for controlling other smart home devices presents disruptive opportunities within the home automation sector to develop technologies around shared interfaces. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Connected Rental Video Intercoms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ring-intercom-video.md) - [Home Security Baby Monitors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/baby-monitor-and-doorbell.md) - [Child-Friendly Voice Messengers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/karri.md) - [Modernized Nostalgic Toys](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tin-cans.md) - [WFH Communication Systems](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smart-communication-device.md) - [Familial Digital Home Displays](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hearth-display.md) - [Connected Nursery Suites](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nursery-suite.md) - [Smart Home Control Displays](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kocom-the-frame.md) - [Modernized Familial Landline Phones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wifi-home-phone.md)