Agentic IoT: What It Really Means, and How It's Being Misused

The enterprise IoT world is racing to rebrand itself as "agentic," but most of what's being labeled agentic IoT is standard automation with new marketing copy. This article defines what agentic IoT would look like based on industry consensus, walks through real product and patent portfolio reviews that expose the gap between the label and the technology, and provides a five-point framework for evaluating agentic claims.