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 ...

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 ...

After testing Thread, Zigbee, and Matter, here's how I'm building my smart home differently ...

Germany-based Eve Systems is exhibiting a host of new smart home products at the IFA tradeshow in Berlin, including a new version of its Eve Light Switch, which has a Thread radio that will render the ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Aqara U200 is a retrofit door lock with a separate keypad and a fingerprint reader. It may also be the first ...

The iPhone Air is guarantee to have Thread support, and that's good news for smart homes waiting on Apple's big release. Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security ...

★★★★★ Your smart home needs smart switches, and Wemo's latest looks good, is highly configurable and works reliably. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac The Wemo ...

Artificial intelligence can make smart homes smarter, help us manage our days, and even help us plan major life changes. This series looks at the new — and sometimes surprising — ways AI is being used ...

Today, Aqara, shared its plan for the Apple-backed smart home protocol, Matter. Aqara has worked with the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) and Apple, Google, and Samsung on early testing programs ...

When it comes to the smart home, it’s fair to say that Apple’s in third place. A distant third place. Google (with its Nest products and Google Assistant) and Amazon (with its Echo products and Alexa ...