Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Today, to use more than 50 lights and accessories, you have to create a separate Hue account for a second bridge and switch between them in the app to control your lights. This is fiddly and annoying, so this fix is one Hue users have been waiting for.

One Reddit user found the Echo Hub at Best Buy last week, but the clerk sent him away hubless. Another recently saw a big marketing display at Lowe’s complete with an empty cage where an Echo Hub should be.

Amazon said the Hub would ship at the end of 2023. It’s February 2024 and we’re still waiting. But perhaps not for much longer ...

Previously, and with most other smart locks, this was only possible over WiFi, requiring a dedicated bridge or regularly replacing your lock’s batteries (Wi-Fi is very power-hungry).

Thread is designed to be more stable and more efficient than Wi-Fi for battery-powered devices. Nuki says Thread remote access works with Apple Home and Home Assistant at launch via a Thread-enabled Matter controller. The company plans to bring its retrofit locks to the US later this year.

You’ve not been able to buy a new June Oven for a year now (although you can still buy accessories). But if you did spend $600 to $1,500 on what is still the best smart oven I’ve tested, the good news is Weber said it’ll still get software updates.

But, as Matter doesn’t support energy monitoring, you can only access its energy features through Eve’s iOS app or, if you’re an Android user, the Samsung SmartThings app. (You’d also need a SmartThings Matter Controller).

Yep, folks. We are still waiting on Matter to make everything easier.

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