New smart home products from Eve Systems put HomeKit, Thread, and the HomePod mini center stage
Picked by Techconnect's Editors Smart home product developer Eve Systems is going all in on the Thread mesh networking protocol as it relates to Apple’s HomeKit platform. Eve announced three new smart home products today: a smart plug, an outdoor weather monitor, and a hose-based sprinkler controller. This brings the number of Thread Group-certified products in the company’s portfolio to eight. Eve says it plans to render its entire product line Thread compatible over time, although that will require hardware changes to some existing products (in other words, existing owners will need to ...