Digital solutions to problems such as isolation, a lack of mobility, and ill health are enabling older people to live well for longer in their own homes. Yet while many Boomers and Seniors and striving to become tech-savvy, what kinds of domestic gadgets do these cohorts want and need?

Can artificial intelligence resolve privacy concerns? How will the tech industry handle new regulations? Are blended interfaces the future of digital devices? In this part of the 2019 Expert Outlook, we speak to three experts about what’s changing in the way people experience technology.

Channel 4 is promoting the third season of its hit sci-fi showHumanswith ‘The Human Test’, an app that uses voice assistants to decipher if the user is a ‘synth’ (a robot) or a human. The campaign plays on people’s sense of suspicion towards AI – and technology at large.

As technology advances at a blistering rate, Britons have voted the smartphone as the most impressive technological breakthrough of the past 25 years. With the tech being seemingly omnipresent, brands need to ensure they cater to people's needs, fitting seamlessy into their everyday lives.