Fi 7 has enabled home networks to achieve unprecedented speeds and reliability. The new Fritz!Box 5690 Pro from Avm takes advantage of this technology, supporting both DSL and ...

Aqara LED Bulb T2 brings Matter support, Adaptive Lighting, and deep HomeKit integration with Thread and Zigbee for a smarter, more responsive home setup.

Avoiding smart plugs over online privacy or security concerns? Consider Tessan's take on the concept. It includes a remote ...

This Wi-Fi 7-powered mesh kit is larger and more powerful but carries a premium price. Not only does it have twice as many ...

If you’re looking for an affordable and reliable smart plug for your Zigbee setup, the Sonoff S32 Zigbee Smart Plug might be ...

At 50 feet, the Eero Pro 7 led the mesh class with 994.4 Mbps, just short of the magical gigabit per second mark. The TP-Link ...

Each eero can work as a Zigbee smart home hub. This makes it super easy to connect and control compatible devices on your ...

The Aqara Camera Hub G5 Pro integrates a security cam, Matter controller, and Thread border router, but its Zigbee hub only ...

Belgium-company Citronics has designed a router based on the mainboard of the Fairphone 2 smartphone, connecting the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 “system-on-module” to a carrier board with Ethernet, USB ...

Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, Apple offered a line of Wi-Fi routers that it referred to as AirPort base stations. There was a standard AirPort Express, a higher-end AirPort Extreme with more ...

Routers are manufactured to handle specific ... which you see from Thread, Zigbee/Z-Wave, compared to newer devices that support Matter; if you are dealing with devices that depend on an older ...

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