Eve gets an Android app and launches a Thread version of its smart switch
by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from The Verge - All Posts on (#634NW)
Eve's latest light switch has Thread and will work with a new Eve Android app. | Image: Eve After years as an Apple-only smart home company, Eve is finally turning to the dark other side and launching an Android app. At the IFA tech show, the company announced that its suite of smart home products - which include smart plugs, smart light strips, smart switches, and smart sensors - will get their own Android app in late 2022. Most Eve products will also become compatible with other smart home systems, including Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Samsung SmartThings.
This giant shift (which we did see coming at CES, but still, we'll have to see it to believe it) is largely down to the upcoming smart home standard Matter. Matter's primary raison d'etre is to make more devices work with more platforms, removing the confusion and...