Connected Living Starts Here
The smart home is no longer a luxury—it’s a lifestyle standard. Homeowners today expect seamless, secure, and connected experiences that improve daily life through convenience, safety, and energy efficiency. Z-Wave is at the heart of this transformation, enabling smart homes that just work.
Whether you’re setting up a DIY system or working with a professional installer, Z-Wave technology empowers a fully integrated interoperable smart home environment that delivers real value. With thousands of interoperable devices available, Z-Wave supports everything from lighting and locks to sensors and energy management—all with reliability and ease.
Z-Wave’s Role in the Smart Home
Z-Wave is one of the most widely adopted and proven wireless protocols in the smart home market. Its certified ecosystem supports interoperability across thousands of devices from different manufacturers. Z-Wave’s laser focus on the home has led to the evolution of Z-Wave’s advanced S2 security framework which safeguards privacy and prevents unauthorized access, while its low-power, new long-range capabilities make it ideal for battery-operated sensors and whole home coverage. Whether your system is professionally installed or DIY, Z-Wave provides unmatched reliability and flexibility.
Common Devices
- Whole home control: smart hubs and custom scene control through a single app
- Smart Lighting & Scene Control
- Access Control (smart locks and garage door automation)
- Energy Monitoring & Management (switches, plug-ins, thermostats, shade control)
- Leak Detection & Water Management
- Thermostat & HVAC Control
- Security & Intrusion Detection (alarm panels, motion, temperature and occupancy sensors)
Key Resources
WHY Z-WAVE eBook series
The WHY Z-WAVE eBook series serves as the definitive guide to inform readers why Z-Wave technology is the best choice across a wide variety of topics, industries, and market verticals. New eBooks covering a range of topics and markets will be released by the Z-Wave Alliance on a regular basis.
Why Z-Wave: 10 Reasons
Why Z-Wave? What is the purpose of the Z-Wave Alliance? The first volume of our Why Z-Wave eBook series explores 10 of the most important facts about Z-Wave and examines the reasons Z-Wave continues to dominate as a Sub-GHz smart home protocol.
Why Z-Wave: Safer. Smarter.
Z-Wave is the only smart home ecosystem with thousands of products from hundreds of brands that are easy to set up and include best-in-class security and encryption. In an increasingly connected world, Z-Wave technology continues to advance as an open standard for developers, manufacturers, and silicon providers for a safer, smarter home. Read the Why Z-Wave: Safer. Smarter. eBook to learn more.Why Z-Wave: Long Range
Are you a manufacturer or developer looking to add ZWLR to your product ecosystem? Download the Why Z-Wave Long Range eBook and learn about the opportunities with ZWLR in the U.S. market. Explore findings from real life testing at the Z-Wave Unplug Fest, review the comparison chart of ZWLR and LoRA, and learn about case uses for ZWLR in both large residential and distributed campus settings.Z-Wave Alliance Newsroom
Browse the Z-Wave Alliance Newsroom to stay up to date on the latest Z-Wave Alliance updates, Z-Wave innovations, and product announcements.
Z-Wave Certified Product Catalog
Explore thousands of Z-Wave smart home products from certified manufacturers in the Z-Wave Certified Product Catalog.
Z-Wave Alliance Blog
See articles and interviews featuring Z-Wave member news, Z-Wave feature stories, and Z-Wave powered smart homes in the real world.
Z-Wave Has Lapped the Competition. Let the Smart Things Begin (Again)
Z-Wave Alliance member Lew Brown explores how Z-Wave has surpassed its competitors in the smart home space, offering a fresh perspective on what’s next for connected living. Discover why he believes it’s time to “let smart things begin again.”
Tech Reviewers’ Favorite Z-Wave Devices of 2025 (so far)
In 2025, Z-Wave devices are making major strides with extended range, multi-function sensing, and deeper ecosystem integration. From the Shelly 800LR Smart Plug and Zooz long-range solutions to multi-sensor options from Neo Coolcam and advanced locks from Yale and Schlage, reviewers highlight how Z-Wave 800 series tech is delivering greater reliability, versatility, and future-ready smart home performance.
Shelly Breaks Barriers with Z-Wave Long Range: Whole-Property Smart Control Now Shipping
Shelly Group, a global leader in IoT and smart-building solutions, today announces its portfolio of Shelly Wave devices with Z-Wave Long Range is now shipping. This expanded lineup delivers unprecedented range, supports thousands of devices on a single hub, and provides rock-solid sub-GHz reliability while maintaining the simplicity and functionality that consumers and installers expect of Shelly devices.