Recently [Glen Akins] reported on Bluesky that the Zigbee-based sensor he had made for his garden’s rear gate was still going strong after a Summer and Winter on the original 2450 lithium coin cell.
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Zigbee replaced Wi-Fi for my sensors, and their battery life went from months to years
Your Wi-Fi smart home sensors are draining batteries 50 times faster than they should be ...
The landscape of smart sensors in 2026 presents a complex but rewarding challenge for those looking to enhance their home automation setups. With options ranging from PIR motion sensors to mmWave ...
As the CSA launches Sub-GHz Zigbee certification, see how this extended-range protocol aims to tackle long-range smart home ...
In what looks to be a coup for the ZigBee Alliance, the Continua Health Alliance has picked Bluetooth Low Energy and ZigBee for inclusion in its next set of guidelines for interoperability between ...
Shelly’s $27.99 Flood S Gen4 water sensor features Matter, Zigbee, 2-year battery life, and high-sensitivity contact pads to catch leaks early.
Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. Whether it's ...
I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...
Sensify is a new technology that can turn Zigbee switches, bulbs, and plugs into sensors with a firmware update. This could be how Philips Hue will bring ambient sensing to its smart lights. Sensify ...
With Ambient Sensing, groups of Zigbee devices—like smart lights—can work together to detect motion in a given area. Matter may be the big new thing in the smart home arena, but the old Zigbee ...
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