I can give you some examples of why I've put in especially lighting automations. In fact, for me lighting is the primary use-case for home automation. I live in an older house that's had multiple ...

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The vision of a truly connected smart home—secure, seamless and sustainable—is rapidly approaching reality. According to an IDC report, the global market will grow from 892.3 million smart home ...

Smart homes promise effortless living at the touch of a button or the sound of your voice, marketed as the inevitable future of convenient domestic life. Technology companies paint vivid pictures of ...

It doesn't surprise me that the uptake of a hardware standard is slow and painful, and in the case of Matter, it has proven to be slower and more painful than I (and most) thought. That said, I don't ...