Many smart bulb issues often trace back to outdated border-router software that undermines modern Thread and Matter networks.

There’s finally some good news for anyone battling multiple Thread networks while using Matter devices in their smart home — as long as you’re the patient type. According to Matter Alpha, the tvOS 26 ...

The Thread protocol offers a robust mesh network designed to solve many of the smart home’s biggest problems. But only if everyone can agree on how to use it. The Thread protocol offers a robust mesh ...

The Thread Group will be fixing one of the largest adoption issues of Matter as a smart home standard, by making Thread border routers work nicely as one larger network. One of the problems with using ...

We’re one step closer to a smart home that can manage Thread border routers from different manufacturers. Samsung SmartThings now supports “two-way Thread network unification,” its fancy way of saying ...

Smart home devices automate many of our daily tasks and make it easy to check in on our home from anywhere in the world. Still, most smart home devices are only compatible with other products made by ...

With Thread 1.3.0, a HomePod Mini, Echo, and Nest Hub can work together on a single Thread network With Thread 1.3.0, a HomePod Mini, Echo, and Nest Hub can work together on a single Thread network ...

With the update, slated to arrive in the first quarter of 2022, Nanoleaf’s Shapes, Elements, and Lines lights will be the first non-Apple Thread border routers capable of working with ...

During CES 2022, Nanoleaf announced a forthcoming firmware update that will allow its products to act as Thread border routers to all HomeKit over Thread devices. Expected to roll out in Q1 of 2022, ...

This miniaturized Thread gateway supports BLE 5.0 protocol as well as cloud device management while running a customizable OpenWrt OS. At CES 2023, GL.iNet will display its GL-S200 Thread border ...

While Matter has yet to come to fruition, there’s a new update for Thread border routers. A new update today, Thread 1.3.0, will now let Thread devices work with any other Thread border router, ...