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Haven't fully wrapped my head around Matter yet, but does that standard solve the problem? It's my understanding that there's no need for specific apps when any
by emmet 3y ago
Haven't fully wrapped my head around Matter yet, but does that standard solve the problem? It's my understanding that there's no need for specific apps when anything can connect to a Matter device. Or can manufacturers still pull a fast one like this and kill Matter compatibility with an OTA firmware update? Not sure why they'd want to, but I wouldn't put it past them.
- SargeDebian 3y agoIf you intentionally remove functionality, why would any functionality be safe from that?
- emmet 3y agoSorry, my question is if Matter is baked in or can be stripped. Not sure if they can remotely kill the Thread radio or not.
- thedougd 3y agoYes they could push a firmware update and do whatever they want. Matter is also available over WiFi. Leviton is pushing new firmware to enable Matter on existing devices. Of course, a power user could block their Matter network from accessing the Internet or update server.
- hnbad 3y agoIt depends. If it's using Matter-over-WiFi, yes, a firmware could change that. If it's using Matter-over-Thread (or ZigBee) it's still tied to that frequency so there's no point in changing or dropping support for the protocol except to intentionally brick the device (assuming it doesn't support another type of communication but for cost reasons most devices only support one comms frequency and that's hardwired). Note that dropping Matter if the device has WiFi still means it needs to have some pre-existing redundancy or at least add something else instead. This also likely breaks integrations with any voice assistant in a way that would at the very least require reconfiguration, I think. It's certainly a lot less sneaky and a lot more self-destructive than just turning off a proprietary API.