Ward Zhou has been immersed in the smart home and industrial tech space throughout his career. Based in Shenzhen, the industrial hub of smart home, he began his journey with local media outlets and a prominent smart home solution provider, eWeLink, cultivating his expertise in smart home devices and industrial dynamics. Ward has contributed hundreds of review and news pieces to respected publications such as TechNode, PingWest, and Caixin Global. When he’s not covering the latest in tech, Ward enjoys coding, design, street photography, and video games.
A major update brings new sensor types, battery reporting, and fixes.
A Matter-enabled fixture that turns your ceiling into an AI-powered pixel canvas.
A surprisingly solid smart lighting debut from Dreame.
A 4K smart camera bringing native pan-tilt controls to the Matter ecosystem.
Another Matter piece from Dreame is now available.
Group up your Matter sensors with Aqara
A shift to local, cloud-free control could be DJI's answer to recent security woes.
CSA’s new members hint at what’s next for smart homes.
Aqara adapts its popular presence sensor design for the Chinese market.
A step-by-step guide to Matter-enabling the IKEA SOLVINDEN holiday lights
Homey catches up with Samsung with household Matter capabilities.
Matter is now better prepared for camera implementation.
More Matter-over-Thread lights are coming from IKEA.
Espressif announced more chip options to power open applications with Matter.
A smart design with low cost for flood alarms.
Setting PINs on Matter platforms is finally a thing.
A powerful radar to add to your Matter smart home.
This guide saves you from countless options.
The new Matter dimmer switch saves the money for an extra PIR sensor.
Matter cameras now work, basically.
