THIRDREALITY, a familiar name in the Zigbee and Home Assistant community, makes its independent IFA 2026 debut in Berlin with new Matter-over-Thread devices and a Smart Care platform.
At IFA 2026 in Berlin, Sonoff unveils new heating, security and automation devices – from a Zigbee radiator valve to a window camera – spanning several wireless standards.
At IFA 2026 Shelly is putting Matter front and centre, announcing a firmware update that turns its Wall Displays into both controllers and devices, plus new heating and security hardware.
At IFA 2026 in Berlin, Aqara unveiled five new Matter lights – all with Thread and Zigbee – plus a community platform called Aqara Builder.
Home Assistant’s September release lands on 2 September, bringing a cleaner security dashboard, a visual Matter network map and more direct control in tile cards. The VLC integration is removed.
Drone pioneer DJI celebrates the European debut of its Romo 2 robot vacuum series at IFA Berlin – with 36,000 Pa, an extendable robotic arm and stair-climbing skills.
At IFA Berlin 2026, Aqara spotlights the Spatial Multi-Sensor FP400: mmWave radar that detects multiple people and their posture. Matter hubs act as the control center.
ESPHome now ships a native Zigbee component. For the first time you can build your own DIY Zigbee sensors on ESP32 and nRF52 and pair them with Home Assistant via Zigbee2MQTT or ZHA – still early, experimental support.
At IFA Berlin 2026 SONOFF reveals new Zigbee/Thread sensors, a dual-lens camera and a 32A DIN-rail switch with real-time energy metering. Pricing open.
Busch-Jaeger’s new System Access Point 3.0 bridges Busch-free@home with Matter devices via a Thread Border Router and eases retrofitting.
