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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

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    This Echo Show on the wall is the fairest smart display of them all. Updates to support Fire TV, new widget options, and a better Photo Frame mode make the flagship Echo a winner.

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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?

    Z-Wave Source Code Project is Complete, Now Open and Widely Available to Members

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    The Philips Hue Festavia string lights look great and add a lot of fun to any holiday decor. They’re expensive, though, and only really worth it if you’ve bought into the Hue ecosystem.

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