Published Jun 12, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. Whether it's breaking news about the latest AMD NPUs or creating video tutorials on social media platforms, Jasmine has contributed to the world of AI and tech in a variety of ways including interviewing the CEO of Razer, AMD's Director of Product Marketing and the VP of Lenovo. Passionate about gaming and PC technology, she has built countless computers, keyboards and other peripherals - knowing them inside and out. A few years ago, there was major hype in the smart home community. Matter and Thread were supposed to rescue us from smart home fragmentation. We were promised a single, robust, self-healing mesh where an Apple HomePod, a Google Nest Hub, and an Amazon Echo would all work as team players to route local device traffic.…