Smart home tech can get confusing. If you have ever set up smart lights or a voice assistant, you may have run into problems getting everything to work together. Matter is a new standard that is ...

All SONOFF WiFi and Zigbee home automation devices can now work with the Matter protocol. This can be done in two ways: ...

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How the Matter standard helps create a more interoperable smart home. How does Matter work? The incorporation of machine learning into smart devices. Life in the home is constantly changing as a ...

The "Matter" standard arrived with a splash several years ago, full of promises to unite the smart home world and fix all (okay, not quite all) our problems. The protocol was formed from a consortium ...

Lifx’s A21 indoor bulb and Par38 outdoor bulb can be controlled via Wi-Fi without adding another bridge device to your smart home. Lifx’s A21 indoor bulb and Par38 outdoor bulb can be controlled via ...

Don't limit yourself to one ecosystem of smart home devices by using Aqara products, which are compatible with the Matter protocol. Chances are, if you have smart home devices, they belong to one ...

The smart home unifying standard Matter is getting a fresh update to support scenes and a bunch of new kitchen tech. Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with ...

If you’re looking at any smart home device, from a light bulb to a refrigerator and you see the Matter logo somewhere on it, that means that it should work with just about any controller. I’ve written ...

It's no secret that I'm a big fan of Home Assistant, which gives the closest thing to the interconnected smart home marketing teams promised me. But the consortium behind Matter also promised things, ...

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