Episode 421: Amazon adds Thread and beefs up Alexa

The Internet of Things Podcast - IoT by Stacey Higginbotham, tech journalist

May 4, 202354:07Technology

Amazon has turned on the Thread-capabilities inside its Echo devices so they can support the Matter smart home interoperability standard in its totality, so Kevin and I talk about what that will and won’t do for sm...

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