Matter, the premiere smart home interoperability standard, now supports tap-to-pair and multi-device QR code pairing functionality in its latest v1.4.1 release. Unfortunately, the Matter 1.4.1 update ...

An update to the Matter standard will make it much easier to set up HomeKit-compatible smart home devices. In particular, it should make tap-to-pair a far more common feature, rather than something ...

Google designed Fast Pair to make Bluetooth connections fast and effortless. One tap replaces menus, codes and manual pairing. That convenience now comes with serious risk. Security researchers at KU ...

When Apple's HomePod launches later this year, users will be able to take advantage of an automated pairing and setup process triggered by a special tone generated by the speaker and subsequently ...

Nitin Gupta, founder of QRCodeChimp. He's a technology leader with over two decades of technology development and management experience. The Internet of Things, or IoT, allows various internet-enabled ...

A new WhatsApp scam called GhostPairing exploits device-linking features to hijack accounts through social engineering, without passwords, SIM swaps, or verification code theft.