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I currently have a SmartThings Hub and Homeassistant Yellow, but if I were starting over today, I'd be all in on Matter (mostly thread) and avoid ZWave and Zigb
by jpdb 4y ago
I currently have a SmartThings Hub and Homeassistant Yellow, but if I were starting over today, I'd be all in on Matter (mostly thread) and avoid ZWave and Zigbee outright. I'm mostly stuck to zwave because of my blinds, but I think I will slowly replace all my smart home related things with Matter.
There's still a few sensors that there don't have a Matter equivalent yet, but I think that'll change soon.
- shellfishgene 4y agoIs the matter stuff more expensive, or about the same? There seem to be not that many products yet?
- jpdb 4y agoRelatively the same price, I'd say. But there's definitely not they many products out yet so maybe that will change. I think the biggest difference in price I saw was from my Z-Wave blinds versus Thread / Matter ones. However, the overwhelming majority of the cost for that is the blinds themselves so it's probably not the best comparison.
- kps 4y agoI don't think Matter will add to price; for many devices, I suspect the opposite. The open-source Matter implementation (disclosure: I worked on bits of it) has wide support from silicon vendors. JoeBulbCo will basically be able to pick from a selection of high-volume ICs, run ‘make’, and ship it. JoeBulbCo competes on how good — or how cheap — their bulb is.