Qualcomm's $13 QCC74xM evaluation kits pack Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and Thread/Zigbee around a 325 MHz RISC-V core that is essentially a rebadged Bouffalo Lab BL618.
SONOFF's new Hydro DUO is a dual-zone Zigbee 3.0 and BLE smart water valve with brass inlets, a flow meter, and Home Assistant support via MQTT.
SONOFF's new in-wall panel combines a Zigbee gateway, Matter bridge, and relay switching with F-Droid sideloading for a dedicated Home Assistant dashboard.
SONOFF's NSPanel Pro Gen2 wall panel combines a Zigbee 3.0 hub, Matter bridge, and dual 5A relays with a touchscreen that works with Home Assistant.
Home Assistant 2026.4 adds native infrared support through ESPHome proxies, letting you control IR devices like TVs and air conditioners, plus cross-domain automation triggers that work across entity types.
Telink's new TL3228 MCU packs dual RISC-V cores, Bluetooth 6.0 with Channel Sounding, and multi-protocol support for Matter, Thread, and Zigbee into a power-efficient chip targeting smart home and IoT applications.
IKEA filed two Thread-enabled Matter lights with the FCC: an 18W ceiling fixture and a battery-powered wall light with USB-C rechargeable batteries.
NXP's first wireless application processor SiP packs dual-core Cortex-A55, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth LE, and 802.15.4 radios into a single 14.2 mm package that replaces 60 discrete components.
DFRobot's Fermion BMV080 packs Bosch's fanless particulate matter sensor into a $30 module with I2C and SPI support, though it requires 35 cm of clear space to avoid laser reflections.
Arduino's new Matter Discovery Bundle packs a Thread-capable Nano Matter board, three Qwiic sensor modules, and a carrier board into a complete smart home development platform for $61.
Telink's ML9118A module combines Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and Matter support in a compact 25.5 x 18 mm package with dual-core RISC-V processor for smart home devices.
Seeed Studio and Semtech's new LR2021 development kit delivers LoRa speeds up to 2.6 Mbps with dual-band support and satellite connectivity for $99.
Xiaomi's new retrofit smart lock adds fingerprint and Matter support to existing door locks without drilling, now shipping to Europe for around €121.
This $43 Linux stick runs Zigbee2MQTT and Node-RED directly, no Raspberry Pi required. It combines RISC-V processing with Matter and Thread support.
STMicroelectronics' new NFC chip lets you add Matter 1.5 smart home devices to your network with a simple smartphone tap, potentially replacing more expensive Bluetooth commissioning hardware.