I upgraded an Eve Energy smart plug and Eve motion and contact sensors to Matter and controlled them simultaneously in Google Home, Apple Home, and Samsung SmartThings. But I needed two phones and two days to get it all working.
If your family lags behind on their iOS updates, or you use an iPad as a HomeKit hub, the new Apple Home may not be for you. But if you’re excited to try out Apple’s promise of better performance and reliability on its smart home platform, here’s a guide on upgrading to the new Apple Home.
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.
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?
