Sources are indicating Samsung is ready to build support for Zigbee wireless technology into upcoming smartphone models. Zigbee is a set of standard protocols for wireless control of home automation devices like lights, heating and cooling controls, door locks or appliances. Samsung has already provided some support to the Zigbee Alliance and their standard by producing Zigbee compatible products like LED lightbulbs. This latest move though would move support for the standard from the individual products to the smartphone. By doing this, users would not need separate apps for each Zigbee equipped piece of hardware as control could be consolidated on the smartphone device.
Samsung is not the only one looking to enable support for Zigbee or other home automation technologies into their smartphones. HTC is reportedly also looking at Zigbee as a way to improve interaction with entertainment devices, especially set-top boxes. This could ultimately lead to the abandonment of IR control like that found in the current HTC One.
No details are available regarding which devices may be the first ones to get Zigbee support baked into them, but we will keep an eye out for further developments.
source: Pocket-lint
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