Not really. There are newer iterations of the chips (including RISCV and Zigbee/Thread versions) but you won't see drastic performance/power improvements. Perfo

Not really. There are newer iterations of the chips (including RISCV and Zigbee/Thread versions) but you won't see drastic performance/power improvements. Performance limitations are par for the course for this segment of the market, it's the tradeoff you make. There are also better SoC families that can get you a better tradeoff, but there aren't many as friendly to hobbyists as the ESP32. Maybe Nordic, or going into something more like a small SBC like the Pi Zero? That said the ESP32 is far more powerful than you need for the vast majority of home automation type devices, it's only a handful of more intensive tasks like streaming video or ML where you start to run into issues. Even then you can often still do quite a lot if you're clever.