Matter is worth trusting for basic smart-home gear like lights, plugs, and simple sensors, but it still feels shaky for locks ...

Thread is a protocol designed to connect smart home devices in a wireless mesh network. It works much like Wi-Fi but requires less power. With Thread, devices from any manufacturer can create a ...

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 ...

Matter is the future, but we live in the present.

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As a smart home user, you've probably heard multiple mentions of Thread, Zigbee, and Matter from different companies, and seen all three names ...

Don't limit yourself to one ecosystem of smart home devices by using Aqara products, which are compatible with the Matter protocol. Chances are, if you have smart home devices, they belong to one ...

The Sense Plus Switch is a wireless switch that controls Nanoleaf lights using the company’s new Litewave protocol. The Sense Plus Switch is a wireless switch that controls Nanoleaf lights using the ...

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, ...