Recently [Glen Akins] reported on Bluesky that the Zigbee-based sensor he had made for his garden’s rear gate was still going strong after a Summer and Winter on the original 2450 lithium coin cell.

The landscape of smart sensors in 2026 presents a complex but rewarding challenge for those looking to enhance their home automation setups. With options ranging from PIR motion sensors to mmWave ...

Sensify is a new technology that can turn Zigbee switches, bulbs, and plugs into sensors with a firmware update. This could be how Philips Hue will bring ambient sensing to its smart lights. Sensify ...

As the CSA launches Sub-GHz Zigbee certification, see how this extended-range protocol aims to tackle long-range smart home tech and challenge Z-Wave Long Range.

In what looks to be a coup for the ZigBee Alliance, the Continua Health Alliance has picked Bluetooth Low Energy and ZigBee for inclusion in its next set of guidelines for interoperability between ...

With Ambient Sensing, groups of Zigbee devices—like smart lights—can work together to detect motion in a given area. Matter may be the big new thing in the smart home arena, but the old Zigbee ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Shelly has unveiled the Flood S Gen4, a new smart water leak sensor priced at $27.99. This ...

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

When you're first starting out with a Zigbee network, it's easy to misunderstand the way that the mesh actually works. You might think the more Zigbee devices that you add, the stronger the coverage ...