Apple, Google, and Amazon said that they are working to create a smart home standard that will operate through the Zigbee Alliance. The standard will be called Connected Home over IP and Google says it will contribute its Weave and Thread protocols … [Read more...]
Podcast: Nanoleaf Canvas review and a talk with Tuya
We kick off this week’s podcast with Kevin’s struggles to get his Google Home to talk to Wink. Then we unpack some of the standards news out from the ZigBee Alliance and the Open Connectivity Foundation, which is introducing OCF-over-Thread. From … [Read more...]
Prepare for Thread 1.2 (which is more like Thread 2.0)
Last week, Thread Group announced version 1.2 of its eponymous wireless protocol, and with it comes an about-face on how we should be thinking about the standard. Thread was created in 2014 by engineers at Nest, Samsung, ARM, and more to address the … [Read more...]
Podcast: Thread is now enterprise ready
This week Kevin and I talk about the updated Thread protocol and explain what Thread 1.2 has to offer. It's quite a lot. We also talk about office-management firm JLL working with Google to launch a smart assistant for the office … [Read more...]
Wirepas is a mesh network built for scale
Among the bigger challenges associated with the internet of things are those pesky things themselves. It's tough to build out a network that provides the right sort of connectivity, reliability, power consumption, and scale that sensors and other … [Read more...]