From sharing and connecting with friends and family to making tasks easier, technology plays a significant role in our daily lives. As technology changes and expands, we are beginning to see its influence on the travel industry. Whether it's for pleasure or business, with all the new travel technology emerging in 2020, you will be able to travel easier and smarter. 

Tech That Keeps Your Home Safe

While you are away from home, spend less time worrying about your home's security and safety with new home travel technology you can access from your smartphone, such as:

• Smart locks: These allow you to lock your doors and grant access only to those who you want to enter, like your pet sitter.
• Doorbell camera: This type of tech allows you to see what has been delivered on your porch or who is at your door.
• Smart home security camera: Similar to a doorbell camera, a smart home security camera allows you to virtually check on your house. Regardless of the time of day, you will have access to whatever is going on with features like night vision and 24/7 playback.

Travel Tech for Pleasure Travel

Whether you are flying solo or going on a fun family trip, here are some essentials that will make your trip easier and more enjoyable:

• Noise reduction headphones: Perfect for blocking out the screaming kid behind you so you can listen to your favorite playlist.
• Multi-chargers for cars: When car outlets are limited, split chargers allow multiple people to charge their phones and tablets at the same time.
• Portable chargers and power stations: If you are planning lots of sightseeing, especially in remote areas, these work great for keeping for electronics charged up.

Travel Tech Essentials for Business Travel

If you travel frequently for business, there are a few different travel gadgets that could streamline the process and make it much easier in 2020.

• Smart suitcase: Never worry about or lose your suitcase again with the smart suitcase. It does everything from calculating its weight to letting you know where it is. It will even alert you if it's opened.
• Global hotspot devices: Enjoy 4G LTE data from a portable global hotspot while traveling.
• Iris scans: Ideal for business travelers who spend a lot of time in airports and boarding planes. This technology uses your eyes to confirm it's you, leading to accelerated screnning in airport security ID lines.

Travel Tech for the Future 

Looking beyond 2020, travelers will start to see even more technology being implemented. Many people are already familiar with booking flights or hotel rooms online or using digital boarding passes, and we will continue to see this convenient movement towards paperless travel. One area where we will likely see more technology is with paperless documents like passports.

The upcoming years will also likely incorporate more automation, especially in the aviation industry. Some are already testing this out with terminal robots for transporting luggage.