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Eclipse Foundation’s Sparkplug IIoT spec becomes ISO standard

Ryan Daws — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 09:48:45 +0000

The Eclipse Foundation announced Tuesday that its Sparkplug specification for industrial IoT (IIoT) connectivity has been published as an ISO/IEC international standard, a move that should accelerate its adoption. Sparkplug, which enables different industrial systems to seamlessly share data, is now known as ISO/IEC 20237. It passed through the ISO fast-track process for standards developed... Read more »

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Matter creator CSA announces healthcare working group

Ryan Daws — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 14:03:32 +0000

The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) has announced the creation of a working group focused on accelerating the adoption of Matter for healthcare purposes. Matter was released by the CSA last year with the promise of providing an interoperable standard that will finally unlock the full potential of the smart home. The CSA’s member list is... Read more »

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SwitchBot jumps on the Matter train with Hub 2

Ryan Daws — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 10:35:45 +0000

SwitchBot has added support for the Matter smart home standard with its new Hub 2. Announced at this year’s CES, the Hub 2 is a WiFi-based bridge that enables SwitchBot’s popular Bluetooth devices to work with other ecosystems. The new hub now features a simple display that shows information such as temperature and humidity in... Read more »

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Z-Wave Source Code project is ‘complete’

Ryan Daws — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 10:37:08 +0000

The Z-Wave Alliance has announced that its Source Code project is “complete” and now available to members. By opening development, the alliance says it will enable members to contribute code that will shape the future of the IoT protocol. Smart home standard Matter has stolen the spotlight over the past year due to its backing... Read more »

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Smart home IoT standard Matter officially launches

Ryan Daws — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 10:08:00 +0000

Matter has officially launched with the arrival of the 1.0 release of the smart home IoT standard. The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) is responsible for creating, evolving, and managing the Matter standard. Today, the CSA and its members released the Matter 1.0 standard and certification program. “What started as a mission to unravel the complexities... Read more »

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Matter gets closer to becoming the ubiquitous smart home standard

Ryan Daws — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:58:17 +0000

Matter is getting closer to becoming the ubiquitous standard for the smart home with two big updates from Apple and Google. From Apple, we saw the release of the iOS and iPadOS 16.1 developer betas bring a new option for “Matter Accessories” in the Settings for each operating system: Apple first announced that iOS 16... Read more »

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IKEA announces Matter-ready smart home hub

Ryan Daws — Wed, 25 May 2022 15:02:32 +0000

IKEA is ramping up its smart home ambitions with the launch of a Matter-ready hub. Many IoT standards have come and gone over the years. Most of these standards have promised interoperability to break down barriers but consumers have still ended up being left with numerous hubs to support their various products. Matter promises to... Read more »

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Samsung SmartThings adds support for the Matter protocol

Ryan Daws — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:22:14 +0000

Samsung’s smart home platform SmartThings has added support for the industry-changing Matter protocol. Matter is a new IoT standard that’s backed by more than 180 companies (even Apple!) and is guided by the Connectivity Standards Alliance (formerly Zigbee Alliance) whose members span various industries. Michelle Mindala-Freeman, Head of Marketing for the Connectivity Standards Alliance, said:... Read more »

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FIDO’s new open IoT standard for device onboarding helps tackle security issues

Ryan Daws — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:00:06 +0000

A new open IoT standard called FIDO Device Onboard (FDO) aims to address the security issues with adding devices to both cloud and on-premise management platforms. FDO was announced by the FIDO Alliance today to address “challenges of security, cost, and complexity tied to IoT device deployment at scale”. Touted benefits of the FIDO Device... Read more »

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