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Matter 1.0 Smart Home Standard is Officially Launched

 If you have many smart devices in your home, you may suffer from the many complications that require setting them up, as you must follow many steps with each smart device to connect it to the Internet, and then install the appropriate application for it on your phone and link the smart device to the application to getting it to work. And with each additional smart device you own, you have to follow the same or sometimes different steps to set it up. Well, I have some good news for you today, as at an event in Amsterdam, the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), just announced the launch of the first generation of the Matter smart home standard. the Connectivity Standards Alliance is a group of companies aiming to create a unified global standard or specification that enables manufacturers to create interoperable  Internet of things (IoT) products that are fully compatible with each other so that they can be easily set up in the same way, and all controlled in any application on any

Xiaomi Unveiled the Xiaomi Watch S1 Series for Global Markets

At the same event in which Xiaomi revealed its Xiaomi 12 Series  smartphones globally, the company also unveiled its S1 smartwatches Series globally. The series consists of Xiaomi Watch S1 and Xiaomi Watch S1 Active. The Xiaomi Watch S1 series supports up to 117 sports modes including 19 professional modes, enables all-day heart rate monitoring, SpO₂ blood oxygen saturation tracking, female health monitoring, and sleep monitoring. The Watches are compatible with Strava and Apple Health apps and support Bluetooth calls, payments via NFC (Mastercard only), and Amazon's Alexa voice assistant. Xiaomi Watch S1 and S1 Active can automatically kick into gear when it detects walking and running, either outdoors or on a treadmill, and they offer up to 12 days of typical battery usage, or up to 24 days on battery saver mode on a full charge (according to Xiaomi), with magnetic charging capabilities. Xiaomi Watch S1: The Xiaomi Watch S1 smartwatch features a classic design with a stainless-st