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Z-Wave gets a boost with new chip provider

August 16, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham 15 Comments

If you need any more indication that Matter is not going to kill all of the pre-existing standards in the smart home anytime soon, check out the launch this week of Trident IoT, a new company devoted to building Z-wave chips. Trident was founded in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Matter, Silicon Labs, Trident IoT, zigbee, ZWave

Zigbee bulbs: Replace them with Matter or stay with Zigbee?

July 20, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On a recent Internet of Things Podcast episode we took a voicemail from Michael on our podcast hotline. Michael has invested in Zigbee lights up to this point and he’s heard about some challenges that still face Matter devices some challenges that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: bluetooth, colored lights, Feit, Kasa, Matter, Philips Hue, RGB bulbs, Sengled, smart bulbs, smart home, TP-Link, tunable bulbs, Wi-Fi, zigbee

What Broadcom’s latest Wi-Fi 7 chips tell us about the IoT

June 26, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This story was originally published on June 23, 2023 in my weekly IoT newsletter. You can sign up here. Broadcom's claim to fame before it became a chip and software conglomerate was that it was able to integrate multiple radios on a single chip. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: bluetooth, Broadcom, Thread, Wi-Fi 7, zigbee

Podcast: How to add ChatGPT to the smart home

June 22, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

This week's podcast tackles Kevin's real-world experience with the Google Pixel tablet and speaker dock. He liked the tablet, but as a smart home accessory it's lacking, which is what we had originally anticipated. But it's still a bummer, because I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Blynk, Broadcom, ChatGPT, Dracula, EcoFlow, espressif, google, Home Assistant, IDC, ikea, Kudelski, Particle, Philips Hue, Ran Roth, Savant, Sensibo, Signify, Thread, Wi-Fi 7, zigbee

Looking to replace Z-Wave bulbs? Try these Matter or Zigbee options

April 26, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel 5 Comments

On a recent Internet of Things podcast, we took a voicemail from Michael on our podcast hotline. Michael recently had a bunch of Z-Wave bulbs die on him and he's thinking to replace them. He wants to know what Matter or Zigbee options are the better … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Matter, Nanoleaf, smart bulbs, smart home, smart lights, Thread, z-wave, zigbee

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