Smart home gear is getting more common, but the words used to talk about it can get confusing. You might see things like Matter, Thread, or Zigbee on boxes or in setup menus and wonder what they mean.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Thread 1.4 spec arrives today with a slew of updates designed to solve the problems the smart home protocol ...

Aqara has officially announced the release of its latest innovation in home security: the Smart Lock U300. This new smart lever lock is the third in Aqara’s lineup to support Apple Home Key. It also ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The sleek-looking Halo Select offers Wi-Fi or Matter-over-Thread connectivity, and the company says there’s more ...

Smart home manufacturer Aqara announced a series of new Matter-compatible smart home products at CES this week, including a Matter-compatible hub, a smart plug with an integrated Thread border router, ...

If you've been following the smart home space lately, you've probably noticed that the protocol wars are... complicated. You've got Zigbee devices that need a coordinator, Thread devices that need a ...

Yeah, my Threads network has been rock solid, even with the early, buggy nanoleaf firmware on their smart bulbs. Most of my Matter devices are MoT, barring a Smart Hub 2 and a nanoleaf holiday light ...

It seems that Google is working on integrating Thread network support for Matter smart home ecosystems into Android 15. The option was recently discovered in an Android 15 beta. It will probably be ...

IKEA plans to overhaul its smart home lineup with full Matter support, making its budget-friendly products compatible with Apple Home and other ecosystems without requiring the company's own hub, ...