Smart home tech can get confusing. If you have ever set up smart lights or a voice assistant, you may have run into problems getting everything to work together. Matter is a new standard that is ...

As a smart home user, you've probably heard multiple mentions of Thread, Zigbee, and Matter from different companies, and seen all three names printed on boxes for smart home devices or in their ...

Apple, Amazon, and Google still don’t support adding robot vacuums to your smart home through Matter. What’s the holdup? Apple, Amazon, and Google still don’t support adding robot vacuums to your ...

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If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The new smart home standard finally arrived this year. But poor implementation, significant ...

Last month's Ikea's announcement of more than 20 new Matter-over-Thread devices felt like a much-needed breakthrough moment for the high-profile smart home standard. If Ikea—a brand with a broad, not ...