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Apple's smart home app used to commission the lock, set PIN codes and put Matter devices into pairing mode.
TP-Link's $220 Tapo Doorbell Pro D260 runs person, animal and package detection on the device and records to microSD, with no subscription required. Gizmodo's reviewer would recommend it to almost anyone who can live without Apple Home.
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The $80 sensor tracks ten people over Thread or Zigbee with no internet needed, but Aqara told Gizmodo that the standing, sitting and lying detection it once promised for the FP400 is now a job for a separate FP400 Pro.
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Homey's new Device Updates panel patches Matter, Z-Wave and Zigbee gear from one app. For Matter devices the firmware metadata comes from the certification body's public registry, which any Matter controller can read.
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At $400 the Liane rope light is already selling on Hue's website, with the $320 Signe fixtures due in October. What a buyer is paying for is mostly a mounting decision, plus the app scenes that come with it.
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The module carries a full Hue radio stack. That is why it took 18 months of engineering instead of a Matter profile. It also currently switches off the music sync and screen mirroring that owners bought the panels for.
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Hands-free ultra-wideband entry now has more than one vendor. The newer, pricier lock has fewer unlocking options, no fingerprint reader, and no physical key.
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