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In response to the pandemic, many online employees began to work at home either occasionally or all the time. One way to collaborate and stay in touch with coworkers and managers is through group chat/discussion apps and platforms. This MetaFAQs details the rapid change between 2019 and 2020 using these communication activities by online employees, including results from the US and Germany.
Managing one’s castle electronically continues to be the dream of many tech-savvy people, and is inching closer to wider acceptance. Remote control of home lighting, security, or temperature are done with PCs, smartphones, or tablets. This MetaFAQs reports on the penetration of remote home control by device type and country.
Continue reading “Remote home control gaining acceptance [MetaFAQs]”Smartwatches offer the promise to extend the user’s experiences. Most are tightly coupled with a smartphone and its ecosystem. We looked into whether smartwatch users’ behaviors are any different, whether they have an iPhone or Android smartphone. Drilling into the MetaFacts TUP/Technology User Profile 2020 results showed there is a gap between OS and between countries.
Continue reading “Smartphone activities by watch OS [TUPdate]”Is downloading paid apps a regular activity for smartphone users? Is there a difference among iPhone users as compared to Android smartphone users? This MetaFAQs identifies the active penetration rates in the US, Germany, UK, and Japan.
Continue reading “iPhone users download more paid apps than Android smartphone users [MetaFAQs]”What is Apple’s share of actively used smartwatches? How does this vary between the US, the UK, Germany, and Japan? How has this changed in recent years? This MetaFAQs reports on Apple’s share of the active installed base across four countries and four years.
Continue reading “Apple’s share of active smartwatches [MetaFAQs]”Home printers are used for a wide variety of activities. Those involving children – from homework to photos – spur higher printer usage. This MetaFAQs reports on the average number of pages being printed with home printers in the US, split by whether or not there are children in the household.
Continue reading “Home printer pages – presence of children [MetaFAQs]”Are households with more occupants more likely to have their connected devices sharing sounds, or are they less likely? Do large households have a higher or lower prevalence of listening activities, using their smartphones, PCs, or tablets for phone or video calls, watching TV or videos, or listening to music? This MetaFAQs details the percent of adults regularly engaged in listening activities by household size and country.
Continue reading “Hey kids, keep it down! [MetaFAQs]”Smartphones, tablets, and notebooks are all mobile devices, and yet a desire for mobility alone does not mean that online adults will actively use all three. This MetaFAQs looks at the penetration of at least one actively-used smartphone, notebook, or tablet among online adults in the US, Germany, the UK, and Japan.
Continue reading “More mobility does not mean more mobile devices [MetaFAQs]”How prevalent or ubiquitous are listening activities? Are all smartphones, PCs, and tablets being used for some type of listening activity – music, TV, movies, phone calls, or video calls?
This MetaFAQ reports on the percent of online adults who regularly do some type of listening activity, by device type, and by country.
Continue reading “How prevalent are listening activities? [MetaFAQs]”Some information such as news, sports, and weather are most useful when they’re current and easily available. There are many ways to get this information across smartphones, PCs, or tablets. Some users are more actively intent on tapping into this information, and different age groups prefer different devices. This MetaFAQs reports on the active use of checking the news, sports, and weather information by smartphone, PC, tablet, or across all three. Further, it reports on activity levels by age group and country.
Continue reading “News, sports, and weather – for all ages not all devices [MetaFAQs]”