LILYGO is selling the T-Halow P4, a development board in the M.2 2280 format (80 x 22 mm) that puts three chips on one stick: an ESP32-P4 as the main chip, an ESP32-C6 for Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth and 802.15.4, and a Taixin TX-AH module for Wi-Fi HaLow (802.11ah). CNX Software covered it on 23 October 2026.
Ubiquiti has an unannounced UniFi access point at the FCC that carries a Thread radio. The device is the U7 Mesh Wall (FCC ID SWX-U7MW), a wall-mounted Wi-Fi 7 access point, and the grant was issued on 16 October 2026. Matter Alpha spotted the filing and wrote about it on 23 October.
SMLIGHT, the maker of the SLZB Zigbee coordinators, announced ZREL on 23 October 2026. It is a pair of small boards that pick up raw Zigbee radio traffic at one end, send it over a LAN cable and put it back on the air at the other end. The aim is to stretch one existing Zigbee network to a detached garage, another floor or a basement without chaini
Birdbuddy began selling two new smart bird feeders on 22 October 2026. Both were shown at CES 2026 in January under different names. The compact Birdbuddy 2 Mini is now called the Birdbuddy Nook, and the flagship Birdbuddy 2 is now the Birdbuddy Home. Both are available from Birdbuddy's online store, and some configurations were due at other retail
GUITION has a new version of its rotary knob with a built-in round touchscreen. The JC3636F118C-I-YR1 swaps the ESP32-S3 of the earlier JC3636K518C for Espressif's ESP32-S31, which brings Wi-Fi 6 and an 802.15.4 radio for Zigbee and Thread. CNX Software wrote it up on 22 October 2026 after a reader pointed it out, and the knob is already listed on
Govee has released the second generation of its Outdoor Deck Lights in the US. The set (model H3401) has ten individual lights that you screw or stick onto a fence, wall or deck railing, and it works with Matter. Notebookcheck reported the launch on 18 October 2026, Dandy Gadget gives 16 October as the US release date, and T3 covered it on 22 Octob
Wyze has launched the Bulb Cam Pan Color, a security camera built into a colour smart bulb. The Verge reported the launch on 22 October 2026, and the camera is listed in Wyze's store for $99.98, twice the price of the original $49.98 Bulb Cam from last year. The new model adds a motor, so the camera can turn and follow whatever it is tracking.
Anyone who put down a deposit for UGREEN's HomeAgent hub will wait a lot longer than planned. On 22 October 2026 matter-smarthome reported, citing an official statement from UGREEN, that the Kickstarter campaign for the HomeAgent systems moves from November 2026 to 13 April 2027. The first products should ship no earlier than the end of June 2027.
Espressif's ESP-Mosaico can now be bought from the company's own Mosaico store. The Vision Combo Kit, with the core unit (board revision V1.2), a camera module and an interaction module, costs $59, and a battery module is offered separately for $15, according to CNX Software on 21 October 2026. Until now the kit had mostly turned up on Taobao and t
