The adoption of smart technology in businesses has increased over recent years, creating a more automated world. One of the ways to enable automation is through actors that are networked to a central controller. This includes smart actuators that execute decisions based on data. The data used may be aggregated by cloud services, as well as collected locally by using other connected actors, such as smart sensors.

KNX Association launched Version 3.0 of the KNX Standard to its manufacturer members on April 22, 2022. This was the first major release of the KNX Standard since the publication of Version 2.1 in 2013.