Smart home manufacturer Aqara announced a series of new Matter-compatible smart home products at CES this week, including a Matter-compatible hub, a smart plug with an integrated Thread border router, ...

We’re one step closer to a smart home that can manage Thread border routers from different manufacturers. Samsung SmartThings now supports “two-way Thread network unification,” its fancy way of saying ...

Thread is a protocol designed to connect smart home devices in a wireless mesh network. It works much like Wi-Fi but requires less power. With Thread, devices from any manufacturer can create a ...

Users of the Homey Pro ($399) smart home hub (2023 release) will be happy to hear that the manufacturer has released a software update that activates its previously dormant Thread radio, enabling ...

The $60 fast charger is also a Matter controller, Thread border router, and SmartThings hub. The $60 fast charger is also a Matter controller, Thread border router, and SmartThings hub. A little over ...

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 ...

Smart home devices automate many of our daily tasks and make it easy to check in on our home from anywhere in the world. Still, most smart home devices are only compatible with other products made by ...

Couldn't the Hue bridge software run in a container on a Matter/Thread border router with Raspberry Pi-like computing resources? (It's ridiculous how well Docker runs on my Pi 4.) With thus a lower ...