Ask HN: How Many Connected Devices Do You Have in Your Home?

36, I think.<p>9 are computing devices and peripherals: 3 laptops, 2 tablets, 2 phones, 1 wifi inkjet printer and 1 wifi laser printer.<p>6 are entertainment devices: 1 smart TV, 3 gaming consoles, 2 media players.<p>21 are home automation devices: 1 wifi-zwave-zigbee-leviton-lutron hub, 1 connected deadbolt lock, 2 connected garage door openers, 4 old Android phones that serve as IP security cameras, 5 connected smart bulbs, 4 connected power outlets, 1 connected thermostat, 1 Amazon Echo and 1 &quot;plug PC&quot; that runs a home automation server and backups.<p>I have to run 3 routers to keep everything covered, and everything that can speak 5GHz instead of 2.4GHz does so just to keep the airwaves a bit less crowded. The network is a mess.

15, sometimes 16.<p>DirecTV receiver &amp; slave, Roku, Amazon FireTV Stick, 3 laptops, a personal server, 2 Android tablets, an iPhone, an Android smartphone, a kindle e-reader, a VOIP box, a networked printer, sometimes another work laptop.<p>This is only a list of items that have been connected to my home router within the past 7 days, so these items are all currently in use.<p>Approx. 3 years ago, I had 4 devices: 2 phones, 2 laptops.

4 gaming consoles (only counting currently functional), 1 laptop, 1 desktop, 2 smartphones (connected to cellular network), 3 smartphones (not connected to cellular network), 1 thermostat, 2 smoke detectors, 1 printer, 1 Raspberry Pi. For a grand total of 16 devices.<p>Added thermostat, smoke detectors, and 3 game consoles in the past couple of years.

23 devices that I can remember - 3 laptops, 2 computers, 1 amazon fire tv, 4 ipads, 2 iphones, 2 amazon hdx tablets, 5 x sonos, 1 WII, 1 networked printer, 2 NAS<p>Five years ago that would have been 3 laptops, 1 computer, 1 WII and little else.<p>Next five years will see many more devices but not in the same class of product as any of the devices currently in the home.

I&#x27;ve got 10. Hasn&#x27;t changed much in last 5 years. Don&#x27;t think it will change much in the next 5 for me. I think all this internet of things is a security disaster in the making.

We have 18 in the home that are connected to the wifi router.<p>It has increased in the past 5 years considerably from about 3-4 before.<p>In the next 5 years or so I would expect that number to jump again, maybe 2-3x.

9 that are used. Probably double that with old laptops and cell phones that haven&#x27;t been recycled but would count as connected devices.

2 desktops 4 laptops 2 cell phones 1 television 1 av receiver 1 wii 1 chomecast 1 amazon fire stick 1 networked printer 1 pogoplug 5 hue lights (via hue bridge) ==== 20 things<p>About 5.5 years ago I was only at 1 laptop, so it&#x27;s increased fairly significantly since then. If I move into a larger space, my # of hue lights (or similar) is likely to increase some.

I&#x27;ve never counted, so here we go. Between my wife and I:<p>3 macbooks<p>1 chromebook<p>3 smartphones<p>1 roku<p>1 XB1<p>1 NAS<p>1 DirecTV box<p>1 IP printer<p>1 smartwatch<p>1 iPad<p>1 Sphero<p>2 Chromecast<p>So in total, 17. That&#x27;s being a bit liberal with the Sphero and chromecasts, since they don&#x27;t actually have internet access.

10 currently . . . in 2 years 2x that . . . in 5 years I expect 10x that . . .<p>1 to 2 years out: home automation hub dropcams fridge thermostat TVs everyone having their own phone, tablet, laptop, watch, fitbit cars multiple printers 3D printer

5 game consoles. 2 laptops. 1 desktop 2 mobiles 1 raspberry pi 2 NAS 1 Roku 1 Chromecast<p>== 15 and I think I&#x27;ve missed something off, can&#x27;t remember.