Category Archives: Smart Home

Smart-Home Standards Without the Jargon: What Matter, Thread, Zigbee, and Wi-Fi Mean for You

Buy two smart bulbs and you’ll meet a wall of words: Matter, Thread, Zigbee, Wi-Fi, “works with,” “hub required.” Most of it describes how the device talks, not what it does. The good news is that these terms answer a few simple questions, and once you sort out which question each one answers, the labels […]