Zigbee Alliance Rebrands; Now Goes by Connectivity Standards Alliance
The new brand is said to signify a hallmark of collaboration and creating standards of trust for the Internet of Things (IoT) industry.
The new brand is said to signify a hallmark of collaboration and creating standards of trust for the Internet of Things (IoT) industry.
The Zigbee standard is said to address many of the needs of the high-growth commercial buildings category for IoT devices.
ADT will join the Project Connected Home over IP working group to help develop and promote the adoption of a new royalty-free connectivity standard.
Project Connected Home over IP aims to make it easier for device manufacturers to build devices that are compatible with each other’s smart home and voice services.
Lowe’s announced recently that it would be closing the Iris smart home platform March 31.
The Amazon patent would make it possible to integrate WiFi cameras with ZigBee door locks by running home automation data over power cable.
The new language, dotdot, is based on technology already at the heart of ZigBee products.
Mark Walters, former chairman of Z-Wave Alliance, joins ZigBee Alliance as vice president of strategic development. But he’s no turncoat.
Bosch Security tackles commercial control and home automation with new ZigBee sensor, Z-Wave gateway and ‘Remote Security Control’ cloud service.
The organization says it is testing a new unified ZigBee 3.0 wireless standard that combines home automation, lighting, building automation, retail services, health care and telecom standards into one for Internet of Things applications.