IKEA moves to Thread (and away from Zigbee) (www.theverge.com)

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[-] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's just a technological step forward. Thread was designed from the ground up as an IPv6 protocol. Honestly, this kind of move is coming later than would have been ideal, given the massive growth in IoT devices.

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