If you have heard about smart homes, you may have come across the term Z-Wave. Many people wonder what it means and how it fits into home technology. Z-Wave is used in many smart devices, but it can ...

Is the smart home a winner-take-all market? Z-Wave Chairman Avi Rosenthal explains why interoperability, not a single standard, is the real future at CES 2026.

BEAVERTON, Ore. — The Z-Wave Alliance is announcing the release of its 2024A Z-Wave Specification Package, which includes new User Credential Command Class features, as well as new User Credential ...

Beaverton, OR – February 29, 2024 – The Z-Wave Alliance, the standards development organization dedicated to advancing the smart home and Z-Wave technology, today announces that the specification for ...

Since its initial development over 20 years ago, Z-Wave has been a leading network protocol for smart home and IoT devices. Operating in the 800 to 900 MHz frequency band, Z-Wave represents a crucial ...

Z-Wave can be a very robust automation network, free from the complications and fragility of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Just how robust, you ask? More than a mile long, under the right circumstances, as ...

Z-Wave is a communications protocol that wirelessly connects many Internet of Things (IoT) devices as an alternative to the shorter range Bluetooth protocol. As of April, there were 2,400 products ...

The Kwikset HC620 is a very affordable Z-Wave lock; but by its nature, only buyers who have Z-Wave smart home hubs will find it appealing. If you’ve built your smart home around the Z-Wave standard ...

The Z-Wave Alliance, the standards development organization dedicated to advancing the smart home and Z-Wave technology, today announces the release of the 2024A Z-Wave Specification Package, which ...