Smart Home
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New standard for smart lock interoperability published
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The Connectivity Standards Alliance has unveiled the specification for Aliro, a new standard which seeks to boost the interoperability of smart locks.
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Alexa+ now available to all US Amazon customers
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Amazon says that Alexa+, the next-generation version of its popular voice assistant, is now available to everyone in the US.
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Samsung SmartThings set to gain Matter camera support this month
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Samsung’s SmartThings platform is set to become the first in the world to support Matter-compatible cameras. Camera support was added to Matter in a recent update to the global smart home standard but still needed to be adopted by device manufacturers and smart home controller providers. An update due to roll-out from this month will…
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Latest Matter update adds camera support
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Matter’s goal is to simplify the take-up of smart technologies and allow homeowners to buy from multiple brands while knowing that all devices will be compatible.
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Ikea reveals new range of Matter smart home devices
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21 products are due to hit stores in a major “rebuilding” of the retailer’s smart home range.
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Matter update allows for WiFi only device set-up
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Matter-compatible smart devices could get cheaper after backers of the standard released a new version of which eliminates the need to use Bluetooth to set up devices.