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Stair-climbing robot vacuums 🤖, new Matter devices, IKEA Thread gear, smarter locks 🔑 and Home Assistant updates — CES 2026 delivered. I curated the most interesting #smarthome developments in the latest Smart Home Newsletter 👇
https://smarthomenewsletter.com/archives/2026-w02
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Yesterday in the smart home newsletter!
A completely new platform launched silently: simo.io
An interesting hardware-oriented wire-first approach!
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Yesterday, I published issue #10 of my curated smart home newsletter already!
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A “secure, end-to-end encrypted” smart toilet camera… that’s not actually encrypted.
Yep.
You probably don’t want to miss this one in tomorrow’s issue:
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Home Assistant 2025.12 is out!
It brings easier automations, a big dashboard upgrade, real-time energy & water tracking, and a new Labs section to test upcoming features. A solid quality-of-life release for every HA user.
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Such a fun moment when you're reading articles for your newsletter and suddenly stumble upon your own Home Assistant custom integration (Multiscrape)! 😄
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www.howtogeek.com/home-assista...
#Matter 1.5 is so awesome:
"The 1.5 update to the standard allows security cameras to be easily run on your local smart home network without having to rely on some cloud service to control them."
www.privacyguides.org/news/2025/11...
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If you missed it this week: I shared in my newsletter why a wired smart home backbone matters, the latest Matter 1.5 changes (yes, camera support!) + review of the Honeywell Home X2S thermostat and the Dreame Matrix10 Ultra vacuum. All links here
Tomorrow: Discover the new Honeywell Home X2S Smart Thermostat—an affordable, Matter-certified upgrade. Plus, learn how Zigbee's latest update simplifies adding smart devices. Get insights and reviews straight to your inbox. Subscribe
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Interesting news! "Matter-compatible cameras will support live video and audio streaming through WebRTC, enabling two-way talk, local and remote access, and even multi-stream setups." 🎥
www.the-ambient.com/news/matter-...
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This didn’t make it into the newsletter, but you shouldn’t miss it:
Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 is here — a big upgrade for Zigbee + Thread users.
Super exciting news for the whole community.
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[The best gets better – ZBT-2](www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/11...)
Missed this week's newsletter? Matter had a big week: cameras finally added in 1.5, Google Home gets local Matter control, and new Matter bridges connecting your non-Matter devices.
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This week: Matter 1.5 adds support for smart home cameras, and Google Home adds local control for Matter. Discover essential insights and updates shaping your smart home. Subscribe
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Ikea shifts to Matter-only options, dropping cloud integrations with Google, Apple, and Alexa. What does this mean for your smart home? Explore this and more interesting articles in our latest edition. Subscribe now: https://smarthomenewsletter.com