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deergon@lemmy.world to homeassistant@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

IKEA moves to Thread (and away from Zigbee)

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IKEA moves to Thread (and away from Zigbee)

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Ikea goes all in on Matter smart homes
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    Thread is a network layer thing, comparable to WiFi or Bluetooth. Matter is an application later thing, comparable to HomeKit or Google home.

    Zigbee is both network and application layer.

    This article has a decent overview https://www.smarthomeperfected.com/zigbee-vs-thread/

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