Part of the reason I got out of the home automation game was the mess of the standards. Zigbee, Z-Wave, various wifi and BlueTooth devices. Different docks and management programs each vying for...
Part of the reason I got out of the home automation game was the mess of the standards. Zigbee, Z-Wave, various wifi and BlueTooth devices. Different docks and management programs each vying for control. It was such a problem I decided it wasn't worth the trouble.
So here we have another standard. It could have the potential of finally unifying all the various bits of tech, or it could just add to the mess. I'll save you the effort of having to click on the xkcd "Standards" comic for the umpteenth time and just say I hope it's the former.
The thing that really bugs me is that this new platform (from what little I see) doesn't really solve anything better than Zwave does. Zwave is an open spec with a nonprofit certification process....
The thing that really bugs me is that this new platform (from what little I see) doesn't really solve anything better than Zwave does.
Zwave is an open spec with a nonprofit certification process. Yes, it requires a hub...but I changed hub vendors 3x and all of my devices still work great.
Zigbee has been a hot mess for me. I wager being on the 2.4 network doesn't help.
I've never been a fan of smarthome products, but the simple fact that Matter runs over IP is already a dealbreaker to me. Smarthome devices are famous for being insecure, so why on earth should I...
I've never been a fan of smarthome products, but the simple fact that Matter runs over IP is already a dealbreaker to me. Smarthome devices are famous for being insecure, so why on earth should I trust any of them on my home network?
I know little about it, but supposedly the Thread protocol doesn't require a router and is end-to-end encrypted. Maybe you don't need to connect it to your WiFi network? (There apparently won't be...
I know little about it, but supposedly the Thread protocol doesn't require a router and is end-to-end encrypted. Maybe you don't need to connect it to your WiFi network?
(There apparently won't be many devices that use Thread at launch, though. Seems like a reason to wait.)
Anyone followed the development or read the spec? I'm a heavy ZigBee user with Home Assistant and so far I've run into little issues. My tendency is to be skeptical when two big companies release...
Anyone followed the development or read the spec? I'm a heavy ZigBee user with Home Assistant and so far I've run into little issues. My tendency is to be skeptical when two big companies release a new standard, but I'm not that deep into matter and don't know much about it.
And as someone else in here pointed out: it will be interesting to see if it adds to the mess or resolves it :)
Part of the reason I got out of the home automation game was the mess of the standards. Zigbee, Z-Wave, various wifi and BlueTooth devices. Different docks and management programs each vying for control. It was such a problem I decided it wasn't worth the trouble.
So here we have another standard. It could have the potential of finally unifying all the various bits of tech, or it could just add to the mess. I'll save you the effort of having to click on the xkcd "Standards" comic for the umpteenth time and just say I hope it's the former.
The thing that really bugs me is that this new platform (from what little I see) doesn't really solve anything better than Zwave does.
Zwave is an open spec with a nonprofit certification process. Yes, it requires a hub...but I changed hub vendors 3x and all of my devices still work great.
Zigbee has been a hot mess for me. I wager being on the 2.4 network doesn't help.
I've never been a fan of smarthome products, but the simple fact that Matter runs over IP is already a dealbreaker to me. Smarthome devices are famous for being insecure, so why on earth should I trust any of them on my home network?
Now that it’s a standard protocol - couldn’t routers automatically put all smart home devices in a VLAN?
Technology rule of thumb; if it requires user intervention, it won’t happen. People follow the path of least resistance.
It could be done without user intervention. Although I don’t foresee most routers doing it.
I know little about it, but supposedly the Thread protocol doesn't require a router and is end-to-end encrypted. Maybe you don't need to connect it to your WiFi network?
(There apparently won't be many devices that use Thread at launch, though. Seems like a reason to wait.)
Anyone followed the development or read the spec? I'm a heavy ZigBee user with Home Assistant and so far I've run into little issues. My tendency is to be skeptical when two big companies release a new standard, but I'm not that deep into matter and don't know much about it.
And as someone else in here pointed out: it will be interesting to see if it adds to the mess or resolves it :)