Ikea's launch of affordable, Matter-compatible devices represents a pivotal moment for the smart home industry. By prioritizing affordability, interoperability, and user experience, Ikea is not only ...

This week, IKEA announced it will save the smart home with over 20 new affordable Matter-compatible smart home devices.

The other Aqara hubs, including the Hub M1S/M1S Gen 2, Hub E1, Camera Hub G3, and Camera Hub G2H Pro, will also receive similar OTA updates in the coming months. The software updates will bring Matter ...

The company has announced 21 new Matter-over-Thread smart home devices, including sensors, lights, and remotes.

When Jason Cipriani and I interviewed Tobin Richardson, president of the Zigbee Alliance, last week about the Alliance's involvement in NASA JPL's Mars 2020 mission, I didn't think I would be applying ...

Ikea’s new 21-product series of bulbs, sensors, and remotes is dirt cheap, idiot-proof, Matter-ready, and designed to work ...

Apple, Amazon, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance today announced a new working group that plans to develop and promote the adoption of a new IP-based connectivity standard for smart home products, with ...

The ZigBee Alliance, a group of companies pushing a new wireless technology that could give network connectivity to all electrical devices, is getting ready to certify products. The Alliance announced ...

Ikea's smart home reboot leans on Matter to simplify setup and expand compatibility across devices, and by doing so, it makes ...

At this point, smart speakers aren’t particularly new. In fact, we’ve seen countless speakers since they rose in popularity a few years ago. Amazon’s own line of Echo smart speakers helped usher in ...