Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

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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A year ago, Level told The Verge all its existing locks could be upgraded to both, allowing them to work with more platforms (among other benefits). So far, the company has only released a new Wi-Fi bridge, but with this news that may be about to change.

The indoor security drone was originally supposed to ship in 2021, but when I last saw it at CES 2023, it seemed unlikely to fly into our homes anytime soon.

Harmen did tease that vehicle detection is (finally) coming to Ring’s (non-mobile) security cameras (most of its competition already offers this).