“Vivint is a long-time advocate of Z-Wave technology and recognizes its benefits for creating seamless user experiences for our customers,” said Jim Nye, chief product officer at Vivint Smart Home. “As we embark on a new year, we are looking forward to our partnership with the Z-Wave Alliance and to supporting Z-Wave’s growth in the larger smart home market in 2021 and beyond.”

The demand for robot workers of all kinds has skyrocketed. Hospitals and clinics, for example, wanted robots to help respond to initial overload. In the spring of 2020, hospitals in Asia, Europe, and North America used robots for telemedicine and telepresence, where robots connect patients to loved ones.

As much as Google and Amazon deserve credit for bringing some much needed organization to the smart home category via their popular voice assistants, it’s easy to forget that the smart home industry is bigger than these two companies.

Along with the Ring Alarm security system and Ring Video Doorbell Pro, Lennar connected homes will now include smart thermostats, garage doors, smoke and carbon monoxide alarm listeners, water leak detectors, Wi-Fi routers and more.

Known for the Yonomi app, which works on iOS or Android, and gives users control over devices from more than 20 smart home brands, the Yonomi Integrations platform is perhaps the thing that Allegion was most excited about with regards to getting the brand in-house.

SmartTags sit atop Samsung’s SmartThings platform, a home-automation ecosystem that’s also extending its vision to the car and beyond.

Will radar-based technology render modern motion detectors all but obsolete? More importantly, will it shape the future of privacy within the smart home?