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[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The new Thread/Matter standard is an attempt to bring together various home automation protocols for exactly things like this.

  • Previously an appliance manufacturer may have needed to support multiple protocols and decide how to expose functionality.
  • the new standard is IPv6 based: Matter is the Ethernet protocol and Thread a local-only low power mesh network, and it’s sponsored by Apple, Amazon and many other players. However another great feature is a standard set of device types, so most of the functionality you need to implement is already defined and other services already know how to interact with it.

If were Matter/Thread, I can already ask Siri the status or configure Alexa to announce when it’s done or script my home automation hub to flash an LED indicator.

this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2024
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