You’ve maybe seen the “Thread” brand on the occasional smart home appliance, like the last Apple HomePod Mini. Understanding what exactly Thread entails and what it can do for your set-up can shape ...

Thread is a promising way for all of your smart home devices to connect to one another. With a bit of foresight, you can build a network that’s extra-responsive and doesn’t require a dedicated ...

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 ...

Smart home communication protocols form the backbone of connected living spaces, determining how devices interact and perform ...

Just as we suspected, there was barely any mention of HomePod or Apple Home during Tuesday’s big Apple event, but that doesn’t mean smart home was ignored during the iPhone reveal. Indeed, while the ...

Thread is an open - standard wireless communication protocol. It is designed to integrate seamlessly into networks, connecting many wireless products in buildings. Unlike other protocols, Thread does ...

The prospect of smart home products all seamlessly working together across ecosystems is an idea we've been sold for years. In the early days of smart home ecosystems, everything operated ...

The Matter and Thread standards are supposed to ensure that a huge range of smart home devices can work seamlessly together, mirroring the benefits offered by HomeKit compatibility. But this isn’t the ...

Eve's updated HomeKit-exclusive Water Guard now supports Thread connectivity, improving its ability to alert you to water leaks. The new Water Guard joins many other Eve products with Thread support.

With Matter and Thread, consumers can buy connected products such as door locks, window shades, light switches, thermostats, and cameras that plug-and-play with existing Wi-Fi networks and home ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The capability, which is part of the Thread 1.4 spec released last year, will launch on select SmartThings hubs ...