mesh networking
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Samsung Envisions a Future Where You Control Your Smart Lights With Your Smart Fridge
If you a lot of Samsung devices in your home, the company announced that your Galaxy smartphone, Samsung TV, and even your Samsung-made fridge can all act as controllers for smart home gadgets that will support the Matter standard. It doesn’t matter quite yet, as the new smart home standard won’t launch until 2022. But…
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This Is the Cheapest Way to Get Good Mesh Wi-Fi in Your Home
I’m always wary of suggesting a mesh Wi-Fi solution to a friend or family member who needs better networking. Mesh Wi-Fi has improved my life significantly since moving to a house, so I feel responsible for leading others to take full advantage of their internet. But even an entry-level mesh device like the Eero 6…
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The Smart Home May Finally Be Unified Under One CHIP
The tech industry loves a coalition. Sometimes those coalitions lead absolutely nowhere, but in one particular case, the big companies working together is actually beneficial for consumers.
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Motion Sensing Wi-Fi Is A Limited But Fascinating Peek At The Future Of The Smart Home
In 2013, researchers at MIT demonstrated how the Wi-Fi signals that fill every corner of your home with high-speed internet could also be used to detect the movements of pets and people—even through walls. Six years later, Linksys has introduced similar functionality on its tri-band mesh routers, and while the technology is clearly still in…