After testing Thread, Zigbee, and Matter, here's how I'm building my smart home differently ...

There's finally a handy app arriving to aid you in setting your smart home Thread mesh network and troubleshooting problems.

Smart home devices that connect over Thread should have a much more stable network thanks to Thread 1.4 support in tvOS 26. Thread is an IP-based wireless protocol that connects primarily smart home ...

Thread is an open - standard wireless communication protocol. It is designed to integrate seamlessly into networks, connecting many wireless products in buildings. Unlike other protocols, Thread does ...

If you’ve ever wondered what your Thread network is actually doing behind the scenes, help is finally on the way. The Thread Group has announced Thread Tools, a new diagnostic app that’s designed to ...

Building a Matter smart home is about to get a lot less complicated ...

The Eufy Smart Lock E30 is the company’s first Matter device — and its first smart lock to work with Apple’s smart home platform. The Eufy Smart Lock E30 is the company’s first Matter device — and its ...

It took Ikea some time for Ikea to get onto the Matter bandwagon, and now that it’s on board, there’s growing evidence the home furnishings giant is about to wade deeper into the Matter standard. As ...

If you see this, you're all set.

Matter promised an end to walled gardens and ecosystem lock-in. It promised to make a smart home device, like a lock, ...