The end of the year is a busy time for M&A as companies rush to get deals done before the start of a new tax year, and this week the smart home sector saw Assa Abloy sell its Yale and August smart lock and some other brands to Fortune Brands for … [Read more...]
Smart stuff that should be on your 2022 holiday gift list
Last year, I recommended the then-new Nanoleaf Lines, and I’m building on that recommendation in 2022. While I love the Lines as they are, Nanoleaf now has a way to make patterns over the standard 60- and 120-degree Lines connectors. For $99.99, you … [Read more...]
When your favorite devices will get Matter
Welp, 2023 will be the year of Matter updates. Although there are already 190 devices that have (apparently) been certified so far, only a handful of them are available today. With only a few weeks left in 2022, and the initial release of the … [Read more...]
Can you add a secondary Z-Wave controller for a connected door lock?
On a recent Internet of Things Podcast episode, we took a question from Dave on our Voicemail hotline. Dave's landlord uses a SmartRent mobile app and Aeotec hub that connects to a smart Yale Assure door lock with Z-Wave. Dave wants to add a … [Read more...]
How to get Matter on your devices
This article was originally published in my Oct. 7, 2022 newsletter. The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) released version 1 of the Matter smart home interoperability protocol this week, and I and millions (maybe just tens of thousands) of … [Read more...]