The Broadband Forum has launched a new interface designed to give broadband service providers and application developers a unified way to manage Matter-enabled devices across smart-home networks. The Matter Service API, defined in the Broadband Forum’s TR-517 standard, provides a…
The future of IoT interfaces will be invisible: why intelligence matters more than voice
It’s hard to escape the momentum around Voice UI. From consumer assistants to connected vehicles and industrial systems, the industry’s pacesetters in the AI race are betting that more natural interfaces will transform how people interact with technology, argues Sondre…
Signify enhances Philips Hue matter support
Silicon Labs and Signify announced their collaboration to bring concurrent multiprotocol (CMP) communications to select Philips Hue smart bulbs, enabling support for both Zigbee and Matter over Thread concurrently on a single device. Bringing greater choice to the smart home…
Matter moves beyond the smart home as Silicon Labs validates 200-node Thread network
Matter, the connectivity standard designed to simplify interoperability across connected devices, is showing signs that it could support deployments far beyond the smart home after Silicon Labs unveiled a 200-node Matter-over-Thread validation network aimed at commercial and industrial use cases.…
How IoT devices are transforming Airbnb hosting and guest experiences
The hospitality and travel industry is undergoing a technological transformation, with the Internet of Things (IoT) playing a key role in shaping the future of guest experiences and operational efficiency, writes April Miller, Managing Editor at ReHack Magazine. If you…
From TV remotes to CCTV: e-peas pushes battery-free devices into the mainstream
As pressure mounts on the electronics industry to address the environmental and safety risks of batteries, e-peas is positioning itself at the centre of a shift towards energy harvesting and more sustainable power solutions. Founded to develop ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions,…
Amazon rolls out Alexa+ in the UK, bringing AI to the smart home
Owners of Amazon’s Echo smart speakers in the UK are set to receive an AI-powered upgrade that could reshape interactions across the smart home. Branded Alexa+, the update equips the assistant to manage connected devices more intelligently, follow multi-turn interactions,…
Silicon Labs’ SoC accelerates access for smart locks and readers
Silicon Labs announced that Durin, Inc. has selected the Silicon Labs MG24 wireless SoC as the secure, multiprotocol foundation for the Durin Door Manager, a next-generation access device that supports the newly available Aliro application layer from the Connectivity Standards…
Nordic Semiconductor releases reference design for Aliro and Matter-based access control systems
Nordic Semiconductor announces a new reference design enabling secure, interoperable access control solutions for commercial and residential applications using Aliro and Matter. The release coincides with the Aliro 1.0 specification. Developed by the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), Aliro replaces physical…
Why the smart home of the future will include robots doing the housework
Whether it’s Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons or Herbie in The Fantastic Four, popular culture has long imagined a future where household chores are handled by tireless mechanical helpers. For decades, those visions felt firmly rooted in fiction. At…
