Zigbee vs Z-Wave vs Matter: Choosing a Radio You Won't Regret

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 11:30:00 +0000

The first smart bulb I ever bought talked to a hub that talked to a company’s cloud that talked to my phone. When that company sunset the product line, I had a paperweight with a colour temperature slider. That experience taught me the single most important lesson in home automation: the protocol you pick outlives almost every device you buy. Bulbs die, sensors get replaced, your taste in wall switches changes twice a decade. The radio standard underneath quietly dictates what you can buy for the next ten years and whether any of it keeps working when a vendor loses interest.

Matter - vo.rs

Zigbee vs Z-Wave vs Matter: Choosing a Radio You Won't Regret