Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Thread Group is finally fixing one of the biggest problems facing the adoption of the Matter smart home standard. Soon‚ when you have‚ say‚ a Google Nest Hub‚ an Apple TV‚ and an Eero Wi-Fi router‚ instead of each creating its own proprietary Thread network and messing up the communication between all of your Thread devices‚ they should all join together to form a big happy‚ meshy Thread network. Thread is one of the two main wireless protocols that Matter works over. It’s a dedicated smart home wireless protocol designed to create a mesh network that reduces latency‚ eliminates points of failure‚ and improves battery life in smart home devices like sensors‚ locks‚ and lights. Thread Group’s plan to fix the multi-network problem is... Continue reading…