Management of setting change propagation in networked devices

A device, comprising:

• a memory configured to store a plurality of programmable instructions;
• and
• at least one processing device in communication with the memory, wherein the at least one processing device, upon execution of the plurality of programmable instructions is configured to:
• receive a request to update a device setting of the device to a new value;
• autonomously compare a characteristic of a plurality of networked devices to a corresponding characteristic of the device;
• autonomously determine one or more similar devices of the plurality of devices that satisfy a similarity criteria based on a result of the comparison;
• and
• access, autonomously by the device, the one or more similar devices to change the device setting of the one or more similar devices to the new value.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having one or more computer programs embedded therein, which when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to:

• receive a request to update a device setting of a device of a plurality of networked devices to a new value;
• autonomously compare a characteristic of the plurality of networked devices to a corresponding characteristic of the device;
• autonomously determine one or more similar devices of the plurality of devices that satisfy a similarity criteria based on a result of the comparison;
• and
• autonomously access the one or more similar devices to change the device setting of the one or more similar devices to the new value.