The Z-Wave Alliance, a standards organization dedicated to developing and advancing the popular Z-Wave wireless smart home protocol, announced that Vivint Smart Home, a smart home company and long-time adopter of Z-Wave, has joined the Z-Wave Alliance as its newest principal member, which also includes a seat on the organization’s Board of Directors.
In 2020, the Z-Wave Alliance transitioned to a nonprofit standards development organization and has been actively recruiting members of the smart home and IoT to join the new member-driven organizational structure. The current roster of Alliance board members includes Alarm.com, ASSA ABLOY, LEEDARSON, Ring, Silicon Labs, StratIS, and Qolsys, most recently appointing principal member ADT in November 2020.