Commercial Integrator and CE Pro together announced the 2025 IoT/Connected Product Award winners, honoring eight remarkable companies. Each year, the IoT/Connected Product Awards spotlight the connected products that make lives better and that make integrators’ jobs easier.
The term “Internet of Things,” or IoT, refers to the network of physical devices, vehicles, wearables, home appliances and other tools embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators and connectivity. These capabilities enable connection and exchange of data. This, in turn, creates opportunities for more direct integration of the physical world into network-based systems, resulting in efficiency improvements, economic benefits and reduced need for human intervention.
2025 IoT/Connected Product Award Winners
Our 2025 IoT/Connected Product Award winners reflect the latest advancements, highlighting how suppliers are bringing to market reliable, high-performing interconnected solutions.
IoT/Connected Product Awards – Commercial Division
AI-Infused Solution: Iris Platform by Iris
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Iris is a software platform that transforms any PTZ camera into a cloud-connected, remotely controlled device. It combines browser-based camera operation that can be controlled from anywhere, AI-powered automation that can keep up with the action, and centralized monitoring to simplify and enhance video production workflows. With features like auto-tracking, intelligent framing and image enhancements – compatible with hundreds of cameras across dozens of brands – Iris eliminates the need for additional hardware and reduces manual workloads, enabling teams to focus on creativity rather than configuration.
It’s an example of how technology can remove production challenges for large organizations, while also making high-quality production accessible to small teams, non-technical users and organizations with limited budgets.
AV-over-IP Device: Dante AVIO Install Adapters by Audinate
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The Dante AVIO Install series of adapters are purpose-built to bring analog audio equipment into Dante networks for permanent installations. Designed for fixed AV environments, they combine professional Euroblock connectors, Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) and the new Dante AVIO ClickGrid mounting system for flexible, organized setups to support flexible, well-organized installation across diverse AV spaces.
Each adapter brings the clarity, reliability and low-latency performance Dante is known for, with up to 96 kHz, 32-bit audio and automatic network discovery, configuration and routing in Dante Controller.
By extending the proven Dante AVIO line with installation-ready hardware, the Dante AVIO Install series of adapters gives integrators an elegant, space-saving way to connect analog gear to modern networked audio systems.
Learn more about Dante AVIO Install Adapters
Miscellaneous: D31TDV / D31TDH 5G by DoorBird
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The DoorBird D31TDH 5G is a IP video intercom designed for multi-tenant buildings, combining advanced connectivity and security with a sleek user experience. It comes with native 5G connectivity, ensuring ultra-fast, low-latency communication for video calls and remote access control. This makes it highly reliable even in environments where wired connections are impractical.
Additionally, it comes with a seven-inch sunlight-readable touch display that supports customizable resident directories, logos and concierge functions. The display remains responsive in rain and extreme lighting conditions, delivering a premium and intuitive interface for visitors and residents.
The DoorBird D31TDH 5G also features a Sony Starvis Full HD camera with a 180-degree hemispheric lens and 4D motion sensor technology. This combination provides crystal-clear video, infrared night vision and intelligent motion detection adjustable up to 6 meters. Enhanced by PoE support and integration with smart home platforms like Control4 and Crestron, the D31TDH offers flexibility and future-proof compatibility.
It also features a fusion of 5G speed, advanced access control options (RFID, Bluetooth, QR codes) and full remote configurability, making it ideal for high-end, connected properties.
IoT/Connected Product Award Winners – Residential Division
Audio / Video: Kaleidescape Strato E Movie Player and Mini Terra Prime Movie Server by Kaleidescape, Inc.
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A new entry-level 4K movie player, Strato E supports reference 4K video output with SDR, HDR10 and Dolby Vision. Like all Kaleidescape movie players, Strato E supports lossless multi-channel and spatial object-based audio, including Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. Storage may also be added to Strato E by grouping it with the Mini Terra Prime movie servers, Kaleidescape’s new miniature, silent solid-state server.
The Mini Terra Prime features 8TB internal solid-state storage, enough to store approximately 125 high-bitrate Kaleidescape 4K movies. Movies download in as little as 4 minutes over a 2.5 gigabit Ethernet connection. The Mini Terra Prime also supports up to 25 simultaneous playbacks, with no loss in quality, scaling to the needs of the consumer.
As Kaleidescape movies are downloaded to local storage, like the Mini Terra Prime, they can be played back on network-connected Strato E movie players throughout the home. Additionally, any number of Strato E movie players can be grouped with one or more new or existing Terra movie servers, scaling to the needs of the installation.
Learn more about Strato E Movie Player & Mini Terra Prime Movie Server
Control Interface: Resideo Pro App by Resideo
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The Resideo Pro app converges device installation, business enablement and customer lifecycle management into a field-ready mobile tool. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity dramatically reduce install complexity across routers and smartphone operating systems while enabling faster job turnover. Its seamless hand-off functionality allows technicians to put Wi-Fi setup in the hands of homeowners with a tap to help minimize installer workload.
The app automatically maps customers and jobs to help build a book of business across employees without manual entry or serial ID capture. Contractors can also activate Pro-IQ services at any time to drive deeper value with existing customers from the back office, reducing on-site interactions and costly truck rolls.
According to Resideo, the app is evolving into a digital command center for HVAC professionals by offering embedded training content, remote diagnostic tools, API integrations and product identification through a phone’s camera. These features help eliminate friction at every stage, from technician setup to homeowner onboarding and post-install service.
Learn more about Resideo Pro App
Home Enhancement: Shelly Flood Gen4 Smart Water Leak Detector by Shelly
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Shelly Flood Gen4 is a versatile smart water leak detector designed to detect water leaks and floods before they turn into costly disasters. Engineered for flexibility and reliability, the new sensor features an extendable sensor cable for monitoring hard-to-reach and expansive areas, and also offers multi-protocol support for Matter, Wi-Fi, Zigbee and a local control option as well. As a result, it delivers seamless integration into all major smart home ecosystems and other popular platforms.
Compact yet powerful, the Shelly Flood Gen4 features a 6.6-foot extendable sensor cable that offers unparalleled placement flexibility and broad detection coverage, making it easy to monitor hard-to-reach and high-risk areas. Users can link additional cables to extend coverage up to 492-feet, ideal for monitoring large rooms, perimeters and multiple leak-prone zones with a single device.
Shelly Flood Gen4 alerts users the moment water is detected, sending critical notifications directly to their mobile device via the Shelly app or by sounding an audible alarm.
Learn more about Shelly Flood Gen4
Miscellaneous: Cevo Mini Remote by Crestron Electronics, Inc.
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The Cevo Mini remote features a refined metal profile with a high-gloss black face surrounding a single glass panel. The soft matte back panel ergonomically contours to a user’s grip, making the device seem immediately familiar and comfortable. The elegant tactile experience extends to its inputs, along with a paddle actuation system that engages commands with a subtle vibration. Pressure and placement of the unit’s controls are based on the way human fingers naturally rest on the remote.
- Simplified Media Control: The Cevo Mini remote includes fewer buttons, an intelligent layout and direct control over the user’s favorite streaming platforms. A single touch can switch between services, adjust volume or launch a favorite service.
- Flexible Interactive Cells: The remote features interactive cells that users can personalize to launch scenes, control lights and shades, select favorite rooms or even manage multi-room audio. These dynamic touch zones adapt to the user’s lifestyle, unlocking the full potential of the Crestron Home OS, right from this compact device.
- Wired and Wireless Charging Options: The device has both USB-C connectivity and wireless charging built in, and a very long battery life.
Learn more about the Cevo Mini Remote
Physical Security – Intrusion: 2GIG GC Touch by 2GIG, a Nice Brand
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The 2GIG GC Touch panel is a sleek, modern security hub that merges trusted reliability with future-ready innovation. Building on the GC2e legacy, GC Touch introduces a refreshed 7-inch intuitive touchscreen interface and simplified programming for easy installation and scalable deployment.
Technologically, 2GIG GC Touch panel integrates 2-way voice for enhanced communication with operators during alarm events — supporting alarm verification and reducing false alarms. It also incorporates hands-free Bluetooth disarming, giving users seamless access and control. With integrated WiFi and cellular communication, GC Touch ensures dependable, flexible connectivity.
Designed with both dealers and homeowners in mind, it features co-brandable options, streamlined setup and compatibility with Alarm.com cameras for live video view and visual verification. This balance of professional-grade performance, intuitive user experience, and affordable pricing delivers a truly innovative home security solution.
Learn more about 2GIG GC Touch panel
Runner ups for IoT/Connected Product Award consideration included BZBGEAR, Honeywell Home and Valcom, as well as other products from Crestron Electronics and Nice.
The IoT Revolution
“As the IoT revolution continues unabated, commercial spaces are transforming, becoming ever more interconnected and boasting device-to-device communication that was heretofore unimaginable,” Dan Ferrisi, group director of content + editorial, industrial + tech, Emerald, observes. “AV integrators who specialize in commercial environments are certainly embracing the power and capabilities that IoT offers. A program like the IoT/Connected Product Awards ably highlights the products and technologies that will help integrators run their businesses better and complete their projects more effectively.”
“It’s almost impossible these days to find a technology product that does not offer connectivity,” Zachary Comeau, executive editor of CE Pro, adds. “Everything in today’s smart home — from lights, to climate controls, to AV, shades, security and more — relies on communication among devices.” The winning products in the Residential Division, he says, have been catalysts for elevating the smartest homes to new levels of performance.
Our 2025 IoT/Connected Product Award winners underwent a rigorous evaluation process involving a diverse panel of industry professionals, including prosumers, editors, consultants and integrators in the IT, security, commercial AV and home automation fields.
Qualifications and Benefits
Product entries must have been released within the 12 months preceding September 2025 or have an anticipated release date within nine months afterward.
Benefits for winners of the IoT/Connected Product Awards include a custom-engraved trophy, a digital winner’s badge, and social media and digital recognition across Commercial Integrator and CE Pro.
