5 Mar
2022
5 Mar
'22
1:43 a.m.
Matter is a Zigbee evolution, and Zigbee is basically because Apple, Google, et. al were
late to the home automation game, saw that Z-Wave was already there, but didn’t want to
pay licenses for Z-Wave. So in typical big tech fashion, Apple did their own thing in
Homekit, Amazon and Google implemented a mix of Zigbee and Z-wave poorly and without the
slickness of Apple. Matter is them saying, “ok, we can’t topple Z-Wave, so let’s finally
work together.”
Matter will probably matter and reign supreme in a few years, but I for now, Z-Wave is
still the safest bet in a mess of an environment.
I currently run a Z-Wave automated home using a Hubitat controller. It mostly works, but
the main problem with Z-Wave is that most devices are either junk or poorly implement the
interface. Your mileage will vary.
On Mar 4, 2022, at 9:06 AM, Gary
<saclug(a)garymcglinn.com> wrote:
I play around with home automation a little. Not that I have that much to automate.
Recently I've come across some kind of new standard that a bunch of the big boys are
supporting called Matter. The documentation is a little sparse, and it looks like
I'll have to download the source and build it to find anything out. I'm wondering
about the hardware side. It seems like it is just anything with a WiFi radio that can run
the right code, but I'm still exploring.
Has anyone played with this?
-Gary
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