Systems and methods for improvement in bus communications with daisy-chained connected devices are described herein. In some embodiments, a bus communication system comprises a master chain controller, a first peripheral device, and a second peripheral device. A first communication bus couples a master interface port of the master chain controller to a slave interface port of the first peripheral device, and a second communication bus couples a master interface port of the first peripheral device to a slave interface port of the second peripheral device. The first communication device is configured to receive a communication packet via the first communication bus and to send a copy of the communication packet to the second peripheral device during transmission of the communication packet to the first peripheral device. The first communication device is also configured to send an idle state signal to the master chain controller.