But with Matterbridge installed as a Home Assistant add-on, I can realize the promise of Matter by passing any devices that ...

I recently described how a recent flurry of smart home failures made me turn to Home Assistant, the increasingly polished DIY smart home platform that you can host yourself without relying on the ...

The open-source smart home platform has joined the Z-Wave Alliance board to help shape the direction of the protocol alongside companies like Ring, ADT, and Assa Abloy. Founder Paulus Schoutsen said ...

Home Assistant is giving Z-Wave a serious range boost with its latest bit of official hardware: the Connect ZWA-2, which has just been officially announced. Built by Nabu Casa (as all official Home ...

Latency is another reason you might want to bother with bindings. When two devices can talk to each other directly, they ...

The free and open-source smart home platform Home Assistant got another vote of confidence today, with the IoT manufacturer Xthings announcing that its Ultraloq U-Bolt series of Z-Wave smart deadbolts ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. From coop to attic, Home Assistant’s new Z-Wave antenna helped me connect devices in the furthest corners of my ...

If you’ve ever tried to stick a smart motion sensor at the end of your driveway, or needed a reliable signal across your garden and outbuildings, then you’ll know about the limits of regular Z-Wave ...