This week is all about the smart home plumbing that most users never see: new Matter and Thread capabilities, a big Zigbee update, and the first real global framework for consumer IoT security labels. Together they sketch the guardrails and transport pipes your next generation smart tangible will have to ride on.

Digital twins, edge AI, sensor-as-a-service, AI-ready MCUs, and software-defined buildings. This week’s Smart Tangibles Digest maps the key shifts shaping next-generation connected products.

Here’s this week’s Smart Tangibles digest - focused on product strategy for connected hardware, IoT, Policy, UX, and Manufacturing.

The hardware landscape is changing fast. Old advantages like manufacturing scale or IP protection no longer guarantee success. Companies must now master global supply chains, use cost arbitrage, and build strong software layers. The new winners excel at both manufacturing and software, combining global efficiency with sharp local market insight.

Ikea smart-home rotary dial remote control Announcement IKEA j ust announced a full smart-home reboot – A barrage of 21 new Matter -based products launching in parallel. Bulbs, sensors, remotes, plugs – all redesigned, all cheaper, all built on an open source multi-vendor interoperability standard. What is the Matter standard, and why does it matter? Matter is a universal smart-home standard designed to eliminate compatibility problems between devices from different manufa

Here’s this week’s Smart Tangibles digest - focused on product strategy for connected hardware, IoT, Policy, UX, and Manufacturing.