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> I wouldn't say they are rare. Better known brands are starting to drop zigbee for matter (Ikea has moved, the last aqara zigbee device I bought required me t
by ender341341 2mo ago
> I wouldn't say they are rare.
Better known brands are starting to drop zigbee for matter (Ikea has moved, the last aqara zigbee device I bought required me to get an aqara matter hub and flash the firmware through their app to switch it to zigbee from matter).
It's feeling like for more devices I'm stuck with unknown aliexpress products (I know behind the scenes they're mostly the same devices but I'm generally okay paying a bit more to get a known company with some known QA level for these types of things).
- JuniperMesos 2mo agoI bought some of the new Ikea smart lightbulbs that use Matter-over-Thread instead of zigbee. When I tried to use them with my home assistant setup, I discovered that the pairing process involved using a smartphone to take a picture of a QR code and then doing some kind of complex syncing process that ended up failing because I use GrapheneOS on my phone and the syncing process required Google services. I ended up returning them and buying Zigbee smart lightbulbs instead from a competitor.
- KetoManx64 2mo agoWhat brand did you end up buying? I have some 5 year old ZigBee bulbs that are starting to fail and need a replacement.
- JuniperMesos 2mo agoI forget the exact brand, whatever was cheapest on Amazon at the time.