ZigBee Alliance,Thread Group Demo Universal Language for Smart Devices
Demonstrations will be displayed publically at CES in Las Vegas
Davis and San Ramon, Calif. — The ZigBee Alliance, an association of companies creating, maintaining, and delivering open, global standards for the low-power wireless Internet of Things (IoT), and the Thread Group, an organization focused on making Thread the foundation for the IoT in the home and beyond, announced that multiple members of both organizations have demonstrated prototypes that run the ZigBee Alliance’s universal language for smart devices on Thread networks. The demonstrations, shown privately at the Thread Group’s members meeting in November and set for public display in both organizations’ booths at Consumer Electronics Show (CES), are a key milestone in their liaison agreement and highlight accelerating momentum behind an emerging ecosystem of connected products that will interoperate over Thread IP networks using the widely deployed ZigBee language.
“As our two organizations near completion of our respective product development solutions that bring the ZigBee universal language to Thread networks, multiple members have already demonstrated the value of this liaison agreement and its promise for delivering a consistent product experience over IP networks,” said Grant Erickson, president of the Thread Group. “That we have so quickly reached the technology demonstration stage, with many product, silicon, and solutions providers participating, is clear evidence that market demand is driving interoperable IP-based technologies. Our members are working hard to meet this demand, and, as a result of their early investments, their product development cycles are well underway.”