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 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 ...

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 ...

Nest introduced OpenThread today, an open-source reference code implementation of the Thread networking protocol. With OpenThread, Nest aims to make the wireless connection technology used in its ...

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