Had issues with Zigbee bulbs working reliably as the hub was at the opposite end of the home. Switched to using all Thread devices and now it works a lot more reliably.
Nice video! It's good to also mention that not only Matter will be using Thread but also the home and building ISO-standard KNX and also DALI for lighting and BACnet for HVAC in commercial buildings will be using Thread simultaneously.
@@matteralpha awesome, I did check it out and bookmarked it. By the way, I am a hub-hater generally, but I did end up buying the Aqara M3 Hub. And somehow my thread network is now 100x more stable and responsive than when relying on Homepods as border routers. Thought I’d share in case you find it curious as well. I’m currently so confused about what to look out for when deciding between Thread devices
If you can hardwire something, you absolutely should. But hardwiring things like blinds, or a door/window sensor, is generally not feasible. Thread is great for the low power sensors and occassional use things.
Hello, we are a smart home brand. Our products are based on Matter over Thread and are targeted at mid- to high-end customers. They are connected to HomeKit and do not require any gateway devices. Data is not stored in the cloud and is completely localized. They are deeply loved by Apple users. If you are interested, you can communicate with us.
Each device has a cryptographic signature, to confirm it is what it says it is from a reputable manufacturer - so no risk of adding a hacked / dodgy man in the middle listening device.
It took Google hub three minutes to realize that a matter/wifi device was powered back on...that seams like a long time... Other matter/thread devices, Google hub would not reconnect after i loss power...
IPv4 was the standard for literally the entire Internet for years. It has over 4 billion unique addresses. I'm not sure what kind of smart home you run if IPv4 falls short of your individual needs, but obviously everyone should sit up straight and pay attention.
If you somehow managed to single-handedly use up all of the more than 17 million private IP addresses which are available to you, you absolutely could use public addresses on your massive home network. You only need to know how to route your traffic. I'd imagine you would be quite good at it by then.
@@aviandragon1390 Sure, if you're a network admin and know how configure the routes to connect different subnets. But most people don't know the difference between Wi-Fi and internet.
Had issues with Zigbee bulbs working reliably as the hub was at the opposite end of the home. Switched to using all Thread devices and now it works a lot more reliably.
Nice video! It's good to also mention that not only Matter will be using Thread but also the home and building ISO-standard KNX and also DALI for lighting and BACnet for HVAC in commercial buildings will be using Thread simultaneously.
Thanks for the info! We will be happy to see this as a standard in the homebuilding industry.
Amazing video, 🙏 thank you! Do you know any place keeping a record of all Thread-enabled devices? It’s so hard to find this info.
I hear MatterAlpha.com has a pretty great database of Matter products, including Thread ;)
@@matteralpha awesome, I did check it out and bookmarked it. By the way, I am a hub-hater generally, but I did end up buying the Aqara M3 Hub. And somehow my thread network is now 100x more stable and responsive than when relying on Homepods as border routers.
Thought I’d share in case you find it curious as well. I’m currently so confused about what to look out for when deciding between Thread devices
My question is, if you build a new house and thread actually requires at least some devices to be hard wired, why not use PoE?
If you can hardwire something, you absolutely should. But hardwiring things like blinds, or a door/window sensor, is generally not feasible. Thread is great for the low power sensors and occassional use things.
Hello, we are a smart home brand. Our products are based on Matter over Thread and are targeted at mid- to high-end customers. They are connected to HomeKit and do not require any gateway devices. Data is not stored in the cloud and is completely localized. They are deeply loved by Apple users. If you are interested, you can communicate with us.
Hi @jinkhomes - would love to learn more. Can you email me - james@matteralpha.com , please?
You mentioned its more secure but did not say how/why. How/why is is more secure?
Each device has a cryptographic signature, to confirm it is what it says it is from a reputable manufacturer - so no risk of adding a hacked / dodgy man in the middle listening device.
It took Google hub three minutes to realize that a matter/wifi device was powered back on...that seams like a long time...
Other matter/thread devices, Google hub would not reconnect after i loss power...
IPv4 was the standard for literally the entire Internet for years. It has over 4 billion unique addresses. I'm not sure what kind of smart home you run if IPv4 falls short of your individual needs, but obviously everyone should sit up straight and pay attention.
Local addresses are limited; you can't just use random IPv4 addresses on a home network.
If you somehow managed to single-handedly use up all of the more than 17 million private IP addresses which are available to you, you absolutely could use public addresses on your massive home network. You only need to know how to route your traffic.
I'd imagine you would be quite good at it by then.
@@aviandragon1390 Sure, if you're a network admin and know how configure the routes to connect different subnets. But most people don't know the difference between Wi-Fi and internet.
You still glossed over the fact that there’s 17 million available addresses, not 255 🙄