last highlighted date: 2024-03-25
Highlights
- Thread is one of the key technologies of Matter. It promises to make the smart home more robust. Like Z-Wave and Zigbee, Thread is a low-power mesh networking protocol.
- Thread — and Weave, the precursor to Matter — was first developed in 2014 by Nest and six other companies, including Silicon Labs, ARM, Samsung Electronics, and Yale Security.
- Thread — and Weave, the precursor to Matter — was first developed in 2014 by Nest and six other companies, including Silicon Labs, ARM, Samsung Electronics, and Yale Security.
- Unlike Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, Thread was specifically developed as a smart home protocol.