Amsterdam, September 7, 2021 - Smart Home technology company Thinka has launched their new Z-Wave Controller Thinka Z-Wave. It is the world's first Apple HomeKit-certified Z-Wave controller and is designed to unlock the more than 3,300 smart Z-Wave products for Apple HomeKit users. By choosing Z-Wave as a protocol, Thinka brings professional home automation to the consumer world. Thinka also supports Amazon and Google Home..Thinka offers Apple HomeKit users access to more than 3,300 additional productsThinka is specially designed for homeowners who use HomeKit as their home automation … [Read more...]
Z-Wave Alliance Celebrates 20 Years of Z-Wave at CEDIA Expo 2021
August 31, 2021After a year of unprecedented challenges and industry growth, the Z-Wave Alliance is thrilled to return to CEDIA Expo in the Z-Wave Pavilion, booth #3346. Z-Wave Alliance members Jasco, Qolsys, Yale, and Zooz will come together as we explore the latest Z-Wave-integrated applications and emerging smart home and IoT products. As we celebrate 20 years, we continue to expand our member base while making technical updates, such as Z-Wave Long Range, that strengthen the Z-Wave ecosystem across the residential smart home industry and in related verticals.The Z-Wave Pavilion … [Read more...]
Z-Wave Alliance Hosts Power-Packed Smart Home Industry Influencers Panel at CEDIA Expo 2021
Gathered for the first time on stage, the Z-Wave Alliance hosts experts across the full smart home industry spectrum to openly discuss the future and evolution of the smart home as legacy protocols and ecosystems combine with new initiativesBeaverton, OR – August 11, 2021 – The Z-Wave Alliance, a standards organization dedicated to advancing the smart home, today announces a never-before-executed panel comprised of cross-industry IoT and smart home experts coming together to openly discuss how newly announced initiatives – such as Matter – will work with legacy protocols and established … [Read more...]
Z-Wave: Matter is an opportunity for true interoperability
With the power of Big Tech behind it and Project CHIP morphing into the marketing-friendly Matter, we could be looking at one of the biggest ever shake ups in the smart home world.It might seem, looking from the outside at least, that Z-Wave could be a casualty of this shake up.Z-Wave is not a communications protocol the new initiative is making use of and, let us not forget, Matter is an initiative essentially run by Z-Wave’s long term rival Zigbee, under its new guise of the Connectivity Standards Alliance.Guide: Z-Wave all you need to knowExplainer: What is Matter for … [Read more...]
Z-Wave Alliance Announces Vivint Smart Home as Latest Principal Member
Beaverton, OR – February 3, 2021, 11:00 AM ET – The Z-Wave Alliance, a standards organization dedicated to developing and advancing the popular Z-Wave® wireless smart home protocol, today announces that Vivint Smart Home, Inc. (NYSE:VVNT), a leading smart home company and long-time adopter of Z-Wave, has joined the Z-Wave Alliance as its newest Principal Member, which also includes a seat on the organization’s Board of Directors.In 2020, the Z-Wave Alliance transitioned to a non-profit standards development organization and has been actively recruiting leaders in smart home and IoT to join … [Read more...]
Z-Wave Certification Updates: CTTv3 and Certification Cost
The Z-Wave Alliance is excited to share updates to Z-Wave certification, including the launch of the new CTTv3, reduced Z-Wave end device certification fees and the latest Z-Wave specification 2020B. Members are invited to join and participate in the Product Certification Working Group (PCWG), helping to drive the certification program. See below for details of each of these new developments.Next generation Z-Wave Compliance Test Tool Now AvailableThe new Z-Wave Compliance Test Tool version 3 (CTTv3) automates test cases for the Z-Wave Plus v2 certification program. Not … [Read more...]
Now-Available Z-Wave Long Range Enables Several Miles Range with Thousands of Nodes
Alliance members may now develop Long Range products for the Z-Wave ecosystemBeaverton, OR – December 17, 2020, 9:00 AM ET – The Z-Wave Alliance, today announces the Z-Wave Long Range (Z-Wave LR) specification is available for product development. Z-Wave LR connectivity enables new IoT applications beyond the home, without any need for repeaters, ensuring easy install and low cost. With a network size of up to 4000 nodes, Z-Wave LR provides the scalability needed in MDU & hospitality deployments. Z-Wave LR also reduces ongoing maintenance costs with up to 10 years of life on a … [Read more...]
Aeotec Builds Upon its Industry Leading Portfolio of Smart Home Products Through Agreement with SmartThings
Introduces “Works as a SmartThings Hub” in Australia, Europe, and North America and adds additional “Works with SmartThings” devices to lineup.Hamburg, 10 December 2020 – Aeotec Group, a recognized leader in the design and development of smart home devices, today announces an expansion of its innovative portfolio of products through an agreement with SmartThings, the premier technology enabling connected living and driving the future of IoT. The global, commercial launch includes a new Aeotec Smart Home Hub that seamlessly connects multi-platform devices with SmartThings’ ecosystem.In … [Read more...]
ADT Joins Z-Wave Alliance as Newest Principal Member
Beaverton, OR – November 19, 2020, 11:00 AM ET – The Z-Wave Alliance, a standards organization dedicated to developing and advancing the popular Z-Wave® wireless smart home protocol, announces that ADT (NYSE: ADT), a leading provider of security, automation, and smart home solutions serving consumers and businesses, has joined the Z-Wave Alliance as a new Principal Member, granting them a seat on the Board of Directors.In August 2020, the Z-Wave Alliance announced its incorporation as an independent non-profit standards development organization, including new levels of membership, … [Read more...]
Ezlo Innovation and Johnson Controls Announce Cooperation On Thermostat and Platform Integration
KONO thermostat integration into Ezlo’s platform to be first step in broader partnershipCLIFTON, N.J. - November 12, 2020 --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ezlo Innovation, a global provider of smart solutions for homes and businesses, today announced a new cooperation with Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart and sustainable buildings, and the architect of OpenBlue connected solutions, that will extend smart climate services to multiple strategic verticals.As the first step in a broader partnership, Ezlo has integrated into their platform the LUX KONOzw thermostat and a more … [Read more...]