If you own, read about, or manage a lot of smart home equipment, you've probably heard of Thread. Thread is a low-power wireless network that lets smart-home devices talk directly to each other in a ...

Does utilizing the Google Home app and associated Google smart home devices require the use of a hub? It turns out that the ...

Thread border routers play a crucial role in connecting low-power Thread networks to your home’s IP network, such as Wi-Fi or Ethernet, making sure smooth communication across your smart home devices.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Code in tvOS 26 shows Thread 1.4 is coming to Apple’s border routers this fall. But with Amazon and Google still ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The capability, which is part of the Thread 1.4 spec released last year, will launch on select SmartThings hubs ...

Thread is a protocol designed to connect smart home devices in a wireless mesh network. It works much like Wi-Fi but requires less power. With Thread, devices from any manufacturer can create a ...

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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If you’re a smart home user or on the path to becoming one, you’ve probably heard the buzzwords of Thread, Zigbee, and Matter thrown around by ...

In iOS 18, Apple quietly enabled the Thread radio found on recent iPhone models to directly control Apple Home and Matter devices. Thread is a new IP-based smart home connectivity standard that has ...

IKEA has entered the smart home market with a focus on the Matter over Thread standard, designed to enhance device compatibility and network stability. Over three months of testing, A Smarter House ...

Visualization of a smart home ecosystem with virtual icons floating in front of a woman holding a phone - Gorodenkoff/Getty Images While Thread devices can seamlessly communicate with each other ...