This attractive, ZigBee-compatible dimmer switch looks good on the wall, but setup hassles mar its utility. When it comes to standards wars, Jasco isn’t taking any chances. The manufacturer builds ...

Is the smart home a winner-take-all market? Z-Wave Chairman Avi Rosenthal explains why interoperability, not a single standard, is the real future at CES 2026.

Wireless sensor network (WSN) markets are at an early stage of development and should begin to realize their true potential starting in 2007, according to ABI Research (Oyster Bay, N.Y.). Many WSN ...

Now, two new wireless networking technologies are vying to take the place of Ethernet cabling for at least some applications in the digital home—specifically, the transport of sensor feedback ...

This might help you choose between the two.

Though Trident IoT will offer consultation services for any RF technology, including Z-Wave, Zigbee, Bluetooth, Thread, and more, the company’s first chipset and module offerings will be part of the Z ...

The Hogar Milo might not look all that different to a Google Home at first glance. Indeed, it shares much of the same functionality as Google's own smart speaker, since the Milo also responds to your ...

Smart home platforms are like the famous xkcd comic. Every new one is designed to become the “one ring,” but it usually becomes just another standard to follow. Homey Pro attempts to bridge that gap ...

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. After the Amazon Echo started to get its owners hooked on smart home gadgets, ...

Ever since the first Z-Wave chip came to market in 2003, its availability from a single source has been the number one reason manufacturers have cited for not adopting it. That situation will change ...