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A bit of clarification: Thread is a layer 2 protocol, for the user, it looks like standard IPv6. Matter is application level, and just expect standard TCP/IP un

A bit of clarification: Thread is a layer 2 protocol, for the user, it looks like standard IPv6. Matter is application level, and just expect standard TCP/IP underneath. There's nothing binding Matter to Thread, and in fact a lot of Matter devices use Wifi

archagon 2mo ago
I wish we had multimodal Matter devices that could go over Thread or Wi-Fi (or even wired networking) depending on conditions.
- inigyou 2mo ago
  We don't want incredibly flexible devices. I think we learned that lesson many times, including with ZigBee. If there's one standard, there's only one standard.
  - bofadeez 2mo ago
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    - inigyou 2mo ago
      Is this a troll?
      - bofadeez 2mo ago
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