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A framework unveiled at CES shifts the smart home unification paradigm from protocols and networks to the app layer.

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From basics like light bulbs and plug sockets to upmarket items like robot vacuum cleaners, smart home essentials don't have ...

Sporting wonderful names like Timmerflotte, Alpstuga, Klipbok and Myggspray, Ikea's smart sensors are all Matter-compatible, ...

SwitchBot’s new video doorbell shines in a couple of ways, but fails hard in too many key smart home camera ways.