Jimmy Lin used a Smart Home Insider podcast segment on Mon May 25, 2026, to lay out what Adt is pushing next in home security and what it is still leaving on the table. The company’s vice president of product management joined as guest host for the security portion of the episode, which aired at 11:47 AM EDT.

Lin talked through Adt’s Live Light smart sign and its DIY blu system, two products aimed at making security feel less like a panel on the wall and more like part of the home itself. The Live Light sign is described as helping first responders find a home, a simple function with obvious consequences when seconds matter.

The conversation also touched on a quieter shift in how security systems are being framed: not just as alarms, but as tools that can spot something out of place. Lin discussed how devices can identify anomalies in a home, from a cupboard door not opening to someone not arriving home at an expected time. That kind of detection is the sort of practical promise that often gets lost in the marketing language around connected devices.

But the episode also made clear that Adt still does not support Matter, even as other parts of the smart-home world keep treating interoperability as the baseline. That gap matters because the interview was presented as part of a broader discussion about security systems and home automation integration, where buyers increasingly expect one ecosystem to speak to another without friction.

For Adt, the message from the episode was straightforward: the company wants attention for new releases like Live Light and DIY blu, and it wants credit for turning security into something more responsive. What it does not yet have is Matter support, which leaves one of the biggest open questions in the category answered not by a roadmap but by the present tense.