Sorry, this is weirdly confusing and nuanced: Google had to drop the pre-Matter Thread bridging implementation that the Home Hub Max supported for the likes of

Sorry, this is weirdly confusing and nuanced: Google had to drop the pre-Matter Thread bridging implementation that the Home Hub Max supported for the likes of the Nest x Yale door lock and Nest Detects. The transition to support Matter was at the expense of compatibility with the particular way they handled bridging before. See here: https://9to5google.com/2022/06/16/nest-hub-max-bridge-range-extender/ https://9to5google.com/2022/06/16/nest-hub-max-bridge-range-...