The new Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 is a USB adapter that unifies Zigbee, Thread, and Matter devices under one roof.

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You've got Zigbee devices that need a coordinator, Thread devices that need a border router, Wi-Fi devices that clog up your network, and now Matter is supposed to tie it all together. It's a mess, ...

If you thought Matter was the be-all and end-all for smart home connectivity, then think again as the Connectivity Standards Alliance (yep, the same guys running the Matter show) are giving one of its ...

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Samsung's next Galaxy reportedly will pack ZigBee wireless technology to let users to control everything from lighting switches to heating controls. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology ...

Manufacturers of smart home devices using the ZigBee standard are aiming for convenience at the expense of security, according to researchers from the Austrian security firm Cognosec. By making it ...

GreenPeak Technologies has introduced a low cost and low power ZigBee solution for end nodes in the Smart Home, allowing operators to further accelerate market adoption. The ZigBee Smart Home ...

Hacked by a Hue lightbulb? It sounds silly, but security researchers at Check Point Software recently demonstrated that unpatched Philips Hue smart lights be used as an attack vector into your network ...

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The ZigBee Alliance plans to put all forms of its low-power wireless technology under one standard, ZigBee 3.0, in a move that could make it easier to connect many wireless devices in homes. ZigBee ...

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