Z-Wave Blog

Where will you be when the excitement and opportunities launch at CES? By: Mitch Klein, Executive Director, Z-Wave Alliance November 16, 2021 Where should you be? You should be at the Z-Wave Alliance booth! With mere weeks until the largest consumer electronics show kicks off in Las Vegas and rings in the new year, there is still time for your company to join the Z-Wave Pavilion and smart home experience at CES 2022. For the last several years, the Z-Wave Alliance and our members have created one of the show’s largest, most interactive and diverse smart home booths. This January … [Read more...]

By: Mitch Klein, Executive Director, Z-Wave Alliance July 14, 2021 Why do we need a new standard? We already have so many to choose from! As the cartoon says, we have so many that we need to create a new standard that standardizes all these standards. And so it goes. But this time we’re confident that a new standard will actually enable the interoperability and compatibility so necessary to drive consumer acceptance of the smart home and the countless devices that make a home smart. Yes, this time I believe we are on to something. This year is a turning point for the smart home -- … [Read more...]

By: Mitch Klein, Executive Director, Z-Wave Alliance In September of this year, the Z-Wave Alliance announced the new Z-Wave Long Range (Z-Wave LR) specification. Now, just three short months later, the Z-Wave Alliance announces that the new Z-Wave LR specification is ready for third-party silicon certification program development and that additional technical capabilities significantly extend both range and node functionality compared to initial findings. This blog breaks down the key technical benefits of Z-Wave LR and explores the differences between the latest specification and … [Read more...]