# Internet of Things > An index and topic collection covering consumer and commercial Internet of Things (IoT) platforms, smart home ecosystems, connected device APIs, and the messaging and edge protocols that bind them together. This collection focuses on cloud IoT services such as AWS IoT Core, smart home and connect... This is the **Internet of Things** topic area of [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) — a network of focused knowledge bases drawn from 16 years of independent API research by Kin Lane. Browse all areas at https://apievangelist.com/areas/. ## Services & Tools - [Amazon IoT Core](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-core/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-core) - [Amazon IoT Device Management](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-device-management/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-device-management) - [Amazon IoT Device Defender](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-device-defender/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-device-defender) - [Amazon IoT Events](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-events/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-events) - [Amazon IoT Greengrass](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-greengrass/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-greengrass) - [Amazon IoT FleetWise](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-fleetwise/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-fleetwise) - [Amazon IoT TwinMaker](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-twinmaker/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-twinmaker) - [Amazon FreeRTOS](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-freertos/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-freertos) - [Google Nest](https://providers.apis.io/providers/google-nest/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/google-nest) - [Tuya](https://providers.apis.io/providers/tuya/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/tuya) - [IFTTT](https://providers.apis.io/providers/ifttt/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/ifttt) - [HiveMQ](https://providers.apis.io/providers/hivemq/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/hivemq) - [MQTT](https://providers.apis.io/providers/mqtt/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/mqtt) - [PubNub](https://providers.apis.io/providers/pubnub/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/pubnub) - [NATS](https://providers.apis.io/providers/nats/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/nats) - [Cisco Meraki](https://providers.apis.io/providers/cisco-meraki/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/cisco-meraki) - [Samsara](https://providers.apis.io/providers/samsara/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/samsara) - [Samsung](https://providers.apis.io/providers/samsung/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/samsung) - [Philips](https://providers.apis.io/providers/philips/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/philips) - [KubeEdge](https://providers.apis.io/providers/kubeedge/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/kubeedge) - [LF Edge](https://providers.apis.io/providers/lf-edge/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/lf-edge) - [OpenYurt](https://providers.apis.io/providers/openyurt/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/openyurt) - [Aklivity](https://providers.apis.io/providers/aklivity/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/aklivity) - [mParticle](https://providers.apis.io/providers/mparticle/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/mparticle) - [Telnyx](https://providers.apis.io/providers/telnyx/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/telnyx) - [Reolink](https://providers.apis.io/providers/reolink/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/reolink) - [Neolink](https://providers.apis.io/providers/neolink/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/neolink) - [Parklio](https://providers.apis.io/providers/parklio/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/parklio) - [BLE](https://providers.apis.io/providers/ble/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/ble) - [Zephyr Project](https://providers.apis.io/providers/zephyr/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/zephyr) ## Common Features - **Device Identity and Provisioning**: IoT platforms issue per-device credentials, X.509 certificates, and identities so connected devices can authenticate to cloud services and to each other across the network. - **MQTT and Pub/Sub Messaging**: Lightweight publish/subscribe messaging via MQTT, CoAP, and similar protocols is the dominant pattern for moving telemetry from constrained devices to cloud backends. - **Device Shadows and State Synchronization**: Cloud IoT services maintain a virtual representation (shadow or twin) of each device that mirrors and synchronizes desired and reported state across intermittent connectivity. - **Rules Engines and Telemetry Routing**: IoT platforms include rules engines that filter, transform, and route incoming telemetry to databases, analytics services, notification channels, and downstream APIs. - **Over-the-Air (OTA) Firmware Updates**: Connected device platforms offer managed OTA firmware update delivery, rollout orchestration, and rollback for fleets ranging from a few units to millions. - **Edge Computing and Local Runtimes**: Runtimes like AWS Greengrass, KubeEdge, and LF Edge push compute, ML inference, and message brokering to gateways and devices for low-latency local control. - **Smart Home Integration and Automation**: Smart home platforms expose device APIs and event triggers that enable cross-vendor automation, voice control, and consumer-facing routines like "good morning" or geofenced actions. - **Long-Range Low-Power Connectivity**: LoRaWAN, cellular IoT, and similar long-range low-power networks connect battery-powered sensors and trackers that operate for years on a single charge. ## Use Cases - **Smart Home Automation**: Consumers connect lights, locks, cameras, thermostats, and voice assistants through platforms like Google Nest, Tuya, and IFTTT to create cross-device routines and remote control. - **Connected Camera and Security**: Platforms like Reolink and Neolink expose APIs for live video, motion events, and recording management so security cameras can be integrated into broader home and business workflows. - **Fleet and Asset Tracking**: Commercial IoT platforms like Samsara stream vehicle telemetry, location, and driver behavior to cloud dashboards and APIs for logistics and fleet management. - **Industrial-Grade Device Management at Scale**: AWS IoT Device Management and similar services let operators register, organize, monitor, and update millions of connected devices through a single API surface. - **Real-Time Telemetry Pipelines**: MQTT brokers like HiveMQ and Mosquitto, combined with stream processors, ingest billions of telemetry events per day from devices into analytics and storage systems. - **Edge AI and Local Inference**: Edge runtimes like AWS Greengrass and KubeEdge run ML models close to devices for fast local decisions in industrial cameras, vehicles, and smart appliances. - **Connected Mobility and EVs**: Vehicle platforms and OEM APIs expose location, charging, and diagnostic data for electric vehicles and connected cars, enabling routing, charging, and maintenance integrations. - **Event-Driven Consumer Automation**: IFTTT and similar platforms let consumers wire IoT devices to web APIs through if-this-then-that recipes that span dozens of vendors and services. ## Related Areas - [Industrial](https://industrial.apievangelist.com): An index and topic collection covering industrial APIs across industrial IoT (IIoT), operational technology (OT), SCA... - [Serverless](https://serverless.apievangelist.com): An index and topic collection covering serverless compute, function-as-a-service (FaaS) runtimes, and edge function p... - [API Proxies](https://api-proxies.apievangelist.com): An index and topic collection covering reverse-proxy and edge-proxy software used in front of APIs, including HTTP re... - [Caching](https://caching.apievangelist.com): An index and topic collection covering API-accessible caching services, in-memory data stores, key-value caches, and ... ## More - 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