doc: introduction: distinguishing NCS features

Edited the introduction page to include distinguishing features similar to the section in Zephyr docs. NCSDK-22322. Signed-off-by: Grzegorz Ferenc <[email protected]>
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-The |NCS| is a scalable and unified software development kit for building low-power wireless applications based on the Nordic Semiconductor nRF52, nRF53, nRF70, and nRF91 Series wireless devices.
-It offers an extensible framework for building size-optimized software for memory-constrained devices as well as powerful and complex software for more advanced devices and applications.
+The |NCS| is a modern, unified software development kit for building low-power wireless applications based on the Nordic Semiconductor nRF52, nRF53, nRF70, and nRF91 Series wireless devices.
+It supports :ref:`Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS <requirements>` for development.
 
-It integrates the Zephyr™ real-time operating system (RTOS) and a wide range of complete applications, samples, and protocol stacks such as Bluetooth® Low Energy, Bluetooth mesh, Matter, Thread/Zigbee, Wi-Fi®, and LTE-M/NB-IoT/GPS, TCP/IP.
-It also includes middleware such as CoAP, MQTT, LwM2M, various libraries, hardware drivers, Trusted Firmware-M for security, and a secure bootloader (MCUboot).
+The |NCS| has the following distinguishing features:
 
-The |NCS| supports :ref:`Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS <requirements>` for development.
+**Based on Zephyr and open source**
+   The |NCS| integrates the :ref:`Zephyr™ real-time operating system (RTOS) <zephyr:introducing_zephyr>` and is compatible with most of Zephyr's applications and samples.
+   Just like Zephyr, the |NCS| is open source and :ref:`based on proven open-source projects <dm_code_base>`.
+
+**Middleware and security**
+   The |NCS| includes middleware from Zephyr, such as MQTT or Trusted Firmware-M for security.
+   In addition to that, the |NCS| adds extra libraries and drivers, such as CoAP, LwM2M, a secure bootloader (MCUboot), Mbed TLS, nRF 802.15.4 Radio Driver, nRF Security, nRF Profiler, nRF Remote procedure call libraries, and many more.
+
+**Pre-certified libraries**
+   The |NCS| provides pre-certified, optimized libraries, including for SoftDevice, Matter, and Thread.
+
+**Robust connectivity support**
+   The |NCS| supports a wide range of connectivity technologies.
+   In addition to connectivity technologies :ref:`provided by Zephyr <zephyr:connectivity>`, such as Bluetooth® Low Energy, IPv6, TCP/IP, UDP, LoRa and LoRaWAN, the |NCS| supports ANT, Bluetooth mesh, Apple Find My, Apple HomeKit, LTE-M/NB-IoT/GPS, Matter, Amazon Sidewalk, Thread, and Wi-Fi®, among others.
+
+**Scalable and extensible**
+   The |NCS| is out-of-tree ready and can be used for projects and applications of all sizes and levels of complexity.
+
+**Third-party integrations**
+   The |NCS| provides integrations with third-party and Nordic products within the SDK, such as AWS, nRF Cloud, Memfault, and more.
+
+**Varied reference designs**
+   The |NCS| comes with advanced hardware reference designs for different use cases, ranging from nRF Desktop for Human Interface Devices to nRF5340 Audio for audio devices based on Bluetooth LE Audio specifications.