Connected devices for the home.
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Aqara's flagship hub is a genuinely capable Zigbee-to-Matter bridge and Thread border router with local automation and a handy IR blaster — but a patchy app, closed Zigbee ecosystem and no Z-Wave keep it from being the universal hub it looks like.
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The 128GB Ethernet version of Apple's 2022 streamer is the one to buy if you care about smart home duties, since it's the only Apple TV 4K with Thread and a wired port - though a HomePod mini does the same hub jobs for less.
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The CSA's Matter 1.6 release adds no new device types. Instead it rebuilds the plumbing: a Joint Fabric that lets Apple, Google, Amazon and SmartThings co-administer one network, NFC setup that works before a device has power, and thermostats that treat commands as suggestions.
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