Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Moneta, who has worked for Google Home and Samsung SmartThings, is the chair of the CSA’s Marketing and Product group. So it’s his job to explain how Matter works, and he’s very good at it. He turned the hardened HomeTech.fm hosts into true believers following this interview.

As I’ve discussed, Matter has a lot of problems, but it’s encouraging to hear how they are working on solving them.

Its parent company, Nabu Casa, announced it’s partnering with Silicon Labs, one of the main chip makers for smart home devices (and the only Z-Wave chip maker).

Home Assistant builds Z-Wave JS, the only open-source driver for Z-Wave. This partnership basically means it will get the kind of priority support normally reserved for companies that buy a lot of chips, which should translate into more stable smart homes for us. Yay.

This is handy for shutting off bathroom fans or lights in closets without the need to add an additional sensor or set up an automation through a third-party platform.

Wi-Fi switches from companies like Tapo, Leviton, and Meross already have this feature, but it’s good news that it’s coming to the ultra-reliable Caseta line.