IKEA's 21 new smart IoT devices support Matter, HomeKit, Google, and Alexa, so you can build a low-cost setup with quick pairing and simple controls.

Your smart home has too many apps - this new framework wants to fix that ...

Unveiled at CES, the new Copilot Star platform is designed to take smart device interoperability to the next level.

CSA announces plans for a “public event designed to accelerate industry collaboration, networking, and showcase the real-world impact of interoperable IoT solutions” ...

Imagine walking into your home in 2025, where every device, your thermostat, security cameras, lights, and even your coffee mug, works together effortlessly, regardless of the brand or platform. This ...

There is no product category that better embodies the XKCD take on standards than smart home. With an ocean of connectivity options and incompatible standards, taming this mess has been challenging, ...

Aqara has been busy as of late. The company announced Matter support for 50 new device types earlier this month, and now it’s launching three new products — the Aqara M100 Hub, Climate Sensor W100, ...

From its inception, Matter promised to take the disparate walled gardens of smart home technology and unite them under a single protocol. Its purpose was to allow different ecosystems to interact with ...

I picked Aqara’s Smart Lock U400 and Roborock’s Saros Rover robot vacuum as the overall best smart home gadgets from CES 2026 ...