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Re: Home automation? - macphanatic - 07-10-2023
Get the Eve Energy outlets. They support HomeKit and Matter.
For HomeKit to work, you need to have an Apple TV or HomePod mini at home to act as a hub.
I would avoid WiFi enabled devices. If you add more, they take ip addresses. Bluetooth can have too short of a range.
Re: Home automation? - gadje - 07-10-2023
macphanatic wrote:
Get the Eve Energy outlets. They support HomeKit and Matter.
For HomeKit to work, you need to have an Apple TV or HomePod mini at home to act as a hub.
I would avoid WiFi enabled devices. If you add more, they take ip addresses. Bluetooth can have too short of a range.
What is the protocol for the HomeKit or Matter? from the message above, I infer it is neither WiFi nor Bluetooth.
Re: Home automation? - Article Accelerator - 07-10-2023
gadje wrote: What is the protocol for the HomeKit or Matter? from the message above, I infer it is neither WiFi nor Bluetooth.
Both Home (a home automation integration facility) and Matter (a home automation interoperability standard) use Bluetooth, WiFi, and Thread as required. I believe both now prioritize Thread for networking.
https://csa-iot.org/all-solutions/matter/
https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/11/13/why-thread-is-a-game-changer-for-apples-homekit
Re: Home automation? - bhaveshp - 07-10-2023
I recently got some Kasa Matter KP125M smart plug outlets. These are strictly Wi-Fi based.
The key with Matter is that they will work simultaneously with any of the major smartphone platforms: Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google, Samsung.
Currently I can tell Siri to turn on the Kasa outlet, and tell Alexa to turn it off. Before Matter this wasn't possible.
Matter is at the application layer, above the network / transport layer.
BTW, Thread devices are also appearing on the market. Thread operates at the network layer, primarily replacing Bluetooth & WiFi. This offers three advantages: much more power efficient, less wi-fi congestion, lower latency.
Eve has Matter over Thread smartplugs which are tempting, but very pricey currently.
Re: Home automation? - sekker - 07-11-2023
macphanatic wrote:
Get the Eve Energy outlets. They support HomeKit and Matter.
For HomeKit to work, you need to have an Apple TV or HomePod mini at home to act as a hub.
I would avoid WiFi enabled devices. If you add more, they take ip addresses. Bluetooth can have too short of a range.
Wow, those are pricey! I cannot wait for Matter-supported devices to come DOWN in price and not be the high-end.