IKEA is in the midst of rolling out a new lineup of smart home devices, ditching Zigbee in favor of Matter over Thread.

When Jason Cipriani and I interviewed Tobin Richardson, president of the Zigbee Alliance, last week about the Alliance's involvement in NASA JPL's Mars 2020 mission, I didn't think I would be applying ...

If your home has Legrand’s Zigbee-powered designer smart switches, dimmers, and/or outlets in its walls—devices from either the Radiant or Adorne collections—you’ll be able to effectively create new 3 ...

The ZigBee Alliance, a group of companies pushing a new wireless technology that could give network connectivity to all electrical devices, is getting ready to certify products. The Alliance announced ...

The other Aqara hubs, including the Hub M1S/M1S Gen 2, Hub E1, Camera Hub G3, and Camera Hub G2H Pro, will also receive similar OTA updates in the coming months. The software updates will bring Matter ...

Philips Hue and other smart bulbs based on the Zigbee standard could soon act as motion sensors without the need for any additional hardware. This would mean they could automatically switch on when ...

I’ve set up dozens of smart home gadgets across two homes and two apartments over the last five years. I have a mental list of brands I revere and brands from which nothing shall ever be purchased ...

DAVIS, Calif., Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Connectivity Standards Alliance (Alliance) announced today the release of Zigbee 4.0 and Suzi, the new brand for Zigbee's Sub-GHz feature, two major ...

Aqara has announced a pair of new smart home hubs that are compatible with Apple HomeKit and feature the newest generation of the Zigbee wireless protocol. On Tuesday, the smart home company unveiled ...

It is possible to enjoy the benefits of a smart home without an internet connection using local protocols, like Zigbee, to ...