Thread is a mesh networking protocol that connects low-power smart home gadgets, and it’s one of Matter’s underlying technologies.

Smart home gear is getting more common, but the words used to talk about it can get confusing. You might see things like Matter, Thread, or Zigbee on boxes or in setup menus and wonder what they mean.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Thread 1.4 spec arrives today with a slew of updates designed to solve the problems the smart home protocol ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Everything you need to know to get your Thread-powered smart plug, light bulb, lock, or motion sensor set up the ...

Nabu Casa and the Open Home Foundation just revealed the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2. It's a USB adapter for adding Zigbee, Thread, or Matter devices to your Home Assistant setup, and you can order ...

With the emergence of Matter comes a wide breadth of opportunities to improve Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and enable new applications and solutions for years to come. Matter is an ...

It seems that Google is working on integrating Thread network support for Matter smart home ecosystems into Android 15. The option was recently discovered in an Android 15 beta. It will probably be ...

Talking about the speed of an IoT network, latency is what matters, not throughput. We see the delay between a button press and a light turning on, not how much data gets passed around. Click to ...