Nanoleaf announces Thread support for all Thread over HomeKit products

(Pocket-lint) - In 2021, astute lighting specializer Nanoleaf announced that it was going to integrate astute location protocol Thread into each its aboriginal smart lighting products.

Thread enables devices to link up successful a mesh web adjacent wherever Wi-Fi is mediocre - ensuring that each astute devices successful your ain enactment reliably and tin speech to each other. Thread is backed by Apple, Google and Amazon among different companies. Many much devices are expected to enactment the modular successful future. 

Now Nanoleaf has announced it is going to unfastened up Thread enactment to each Thread implicit HomeKit products.

Nanoleaf has worked intimately with Apple and the Thread Group to make this update to beryllium released aboriginal successful 2022. That update is intended to assistance make a much accessible and cosmopolitan astute location acquisition that works seamlessly. 

The update is acceptable to let Thread Border Routers (Nanoleaf Shapes, Elements and Lines) to enactment with each Thread implicit HomeKit devices including the Nanoleaf Essentials Bulb & Lightstrip, Apple TV 4K and respective Eve devices.

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The agelong word program is to make a much reliable astute location and to marque it truthful immoderate Matter implicit Thread devices volition enactment good with the strategy arsenic they're released successful future.

Because Thread is simply a mesh system, it isn't reliant connected a cardinal hub similar a Zigbee or Wi-Fi web for example, portion it has super-low latency, scope is simply a cardinal benefit, meaning you tin person astute location devices extracurricular of the scope of your Wi-Fi network. 

Every clip you adhd a Thread-enabled merchandise to your location you'll beryllium expanding your web and making it overmuch stronger. 

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Nanoleaf besides says it's moving with the Connectivity Standards Alliance to enactment Matter successful its existent merchandise enactment and aboriginal products too. 

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Writing by Adrian Willings. Originally published connected 8 January 2021.