Z wave is going open source today – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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Z-Wave is going open source today.

In 2019, When Matter picked Zigbee over Z-Wave, the proprietary protocol picked itself up, brushed off its hurt, and set about reinventing itself.

With today’s launch of the Z-Wave Source Code Project, developers and manufacturers can now help build the protocol, and any chipmaker can build the silicon.

Is this Z-Wave’s last gasp at relevancy in the face of the juggernaut that is Matter — or a canny move to become the connective tissue between smart home past and smart home future?

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