One of the key changes Matter is bringing to the smart home is a standardized way to enable local control of smart devices. This means your light bulb doesn't have to talk to the cloud when you ask ...

The promise of Matter—the future where smart-home devices easily nestle into your home, regardless of what other devices or speakers you use—just got a bit closer today. Google announced that Nest and ...

The way you shop for, set up, and use connected devices in your home is about to change with the arrival of the Matter smart home standard, which officially launched Nov. 3 at an event in Amsterdam ...

Matter is a new standard for smart home devices that’s making huge promises for the future, and Google is a core part of that. Alongside the announcement of its revamped Google Home app, the company ...

The massive growth of the smart home market has led to problems with competing standards and protocols. The World Economic Forum estimates that more than 130 million households owned a smart home ...

It’s been more than a year since Ikea’s smart hub got a Matter update, but up until now, the Dirigea hub could only act as a bridge between Ikea devices and existing Matter networks. That’s about to ...

This isn't your parents' IoT. Heck, this isn't even the IoT you know. Smart home systems have hit wall after wall in interoperability since their inception. Having a smart home used to mean paying ...

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