IoT

Three Expanding Smart Home Opportunities For Integrators

As the world (and especially North America) starts to emerge from more than a year of COVID, those trends have begun to crystallize into...

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Roku Seeks Expansion Into Home Automation

Hiring of ‘senior business development manager of home technologies’ comes as rivals Amazon and Google continue to proliferate their streaming software onto IoT devices

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Zigbee Alliance Rebrands As The Connectivity Standards Alliance, Unveils Matter

Formerly known as Project CHIP, Matter is creating connections between more objects, increasing compatibility for consumers

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Samsung Electronics Expands Its Galaxy Upcycling Program

Initiative enables consumers to repurpose Galaxy smartphones into smart home devices

Blogs

Executive Insight: Wearables And Data Privacy: What Consumers Need To Know

Wearable owners should be aware that selling devices on online marketplaces, or even directly to another individual, risks putting personal data in the wrong...

Industry

Vivint Smart Home Joins Z-Wave Alliance As Latest Principal Member

Vivint also takes a seat on organization’s Board of Directors

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Smart Home: Google Nest To Work With Samsung SmartThings

New integration allows SmartThings users to control Nest devices

Appliances

Samsung’s New Washers And Dryers Use AI To Clean Your Clothes More Efficiently

The new 8800 Series can clean dirty clothes in under an hour

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Now-Available Z-Wave Long Range Enables Several Miles Range with Thousands of Nodes

Alliance members may now develop Long Range products for the Z-Wave ecosystem

Industry

ADT Is Newest Principal Member Of Z-Wave Alliance

Security/smart home provider to also have seat on Board of Directors

The Wire - Press Releases

Black Box Makes the IoT Building a Reality With Its Connected Buildings Solution

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Aug. 25, 2020 — Black Box, a global solutions integrator, today introduced Connected Buildings — a suite of solutions and services...

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Z-Wave Alliance Announces Non-Profit Incorporation Completed

Formalizes standards development organization and announces 7 founding members

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Z-Wave Alliance Formalizes Standards Development Organization and Announces Founding Members

With non-profit incorporation complete, the Alliance will develop the Z-Wave standard under new member-driven structure made up of workgroups and committees to continue technical,...

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Z-Wave Alliance Releases 2020 State Of The Ecosystem Report

The 2020 report collects data and insight from experts on smart home and connected technology, across the globe

Blogs

This Year May Shape Up To Be A Watershed For Wearables

Wearable tech may play a part in preventing illness, particularly the spread of COVID-19

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Z-Wave Alliance Releases 2020 State of the Ecosystem Report

The 2020 report collects data and insight from experts on smart home and connected technology, across the globe.

Product Spotlight

ASSA ABLOY Joins Zigbee Alliance Board Of Directors

Hardware company is already an active member in the Connected Home over IP project within the Alliance

Industry

Tuya Joins Zigbee Alliance Board of Directors

Customer-Centric IoT Platform Leader Brings International Expertise to Open Standards

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Z-Wave Alliance Launches New Webinar Series

In light of social distancing and travel restrictions, the Z-Wave Alliance announces a new webinar series hosted by its members to offer education, training,...

Products

Hayward Industries Introduces Next-Generation pHin Smart Water Monitor

pHin uses smart technology to make pool and hot tub water care easy with analytics and enhanced pool chemical compatibility.

Blogs

Smart Homes: Is This The Second Inning Of The Final Game Of The World Series?

As consumers, we love the functionality, what smart devices deliver to us, but there are issues of interoperability, security, and privacy that we haven’t...

Industry

Zigbee Alliance Adds Bureau Veritas To Its Testing House Roster

California-based Lab now an authorized Zigbee Certification Program testing provider

Industry

Ezlo Innovation Joins The Zigbee Alliance

Smart home innovator partners with leading IoT industry group to further expand device interoperability

Industry

STMicroelectronics Joins Zigbee Alliance Board of Directors

Company’s microcontroller product portfolio provides greater flexibility in device architecture and faster transition for the mass market to add connectivity.

A panel of experts discuss anticipatory technology at CES 2020.

CES

The Two Sides of Anticipatory Tech

A recap of the CES SuperSession titled “IoT: Moving Into An Anticipatory Tech World."

Industry

Resideo Joins Zigbee Alliance Board of Directors

Joins Amazon, Apple, and other board members in development of project "Connected Home over IP"

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Silicon Labs And Z-Wave Alliance Expand Smart Home Ecosystem

With this change, semiconductor and software suppliers will be able to join the Z-Wave ecosystem.

Industry

Zigbee Alliance Announces Ikea To Join Board of Directors

IKEA sold more than five million Zigbee devices in 2018

Blogs

3 Ways to Maximize Your IoT Transformation

"Business leaders must continue to look for ways to efficiently modernize and remain competitive"

Home Automation

Lutron Joins Zigbee Alliance Board of Directors

Supports Continued Exploration and Development of IoT Standards for Residential and Commercial Products

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Tempo Automation Names Joy Weiss President and Chief Executive Officer

San Francisco – October 8, 2019 — Tempo Automation, the world’s fastest manufacturer for prototyping and low-volume production of printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA),...

Industry

Z-Wave Alliance Hosts Annual Fall Summit

Held in Austin, the three-day event explores future trends, technology updates, and other topics impacting Z-Wave and larger IoT ecosystem stakeholders.