The Matter and Thread standards are supposed to ensure that a huge range of smart home devices can work seamlessly together, mirroring the benefits offered by HomeKit compatibility. But this isn’t the ...

The Matter 1.4 update makes good on some old promises from the smart-home tech standard. The smart home industry’s universal technology standard, Matter, will get a significant update that could make ...

The specification for Matter 1.0 was released on Tuesday—all 899 pages of it. More importantly, smart home manufacturers and software makers can now apply for this cross-compatibility standard, have ...

There’s no shortage of connected home devices in the marketplace. You can connect and control virtually any type of appliance with your smartphone, from smart lightbulbs to smart thermostats to smart ...

San Ramon, Calif. — A seven-member technology group that includes Nest Labs, Yale Security and Samsung’s CE group has defined a wireless mesh-network technology said to offer more security and ...

The massive growth of the smart home market has led to problems with competing standards and protocols. The World Economic Forum estimates that more than 130 million households owned a smart home ...

Samsung, Google-owned Nest Labs, and five other companies have partnered to create Thread Group, which will focus on developing a new wireless-networking protocol for smart homes. Thread uses both the ...

Level Lock Pro adds Matter, Thread, and built in door status detection to the smallest smart lock available, making it a top choice.

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