Your Smart Home is Changing: Matter in 2023
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
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Matter is the new smart home standard that's redefining home automation. And it is here, like it or not. In this video, I'll takes you on a journey through the ins and outs of Matter and share my personal experience using a number of Matter products in my smart home over the past 6 months.
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0:00 Chapters
1:20 Matter Overview
2:04 Sponsor - Trend Micro
2:51 What is Matter?
3:48 How Does Matter Connect?
4:38 Matter vs. Thread
5:55 Local Control
6:19 Available Matter Products
8:04 Matter Device Categories
8:36 Is Matter Getting Better?
10:00 Using Multiple Ecosystems
10:33 What About My Old Devices?
11:12 Final Thoughts
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Have you tried Matter yet? How has your experience been?
I would suggest adding what network protocol (Thread, WiFi, Ethernet) the Matter product uses and make it clear on the main page if the support is direct in the device or via a proprietary hub. But great video! Love everything you do.
Terrible..
Aqara M1S show double in the homekit, accesories double
The matter version lost it’s secutity mode
@@vDereks thanks for the suggestion!
@@FooHenky Yea, that's one of the things I mentioned in that last video on Matter back in January. The Aqara hubs will double in HomeKit like that after converting to Matter. Some devices may loose functionality in HomeKit, like the security system attribute. This is because security systems are not yet supported by Matter unfortunately.
I think a full home smart setup with different devices and cross platform video would be so helpful for everyone to understand how it can be done and how many different brand products they can mix and match.
For many others that still confused Matter and how related to WiFi, Thread, Zigbee, etc., I often use the example of the following: WiFi, Thread, Zigbee, etc. just like different line of buses, takes the signals from device to devices and hubs, Matter is like a ticket that is designated to which bus to ride on to get to destination. Thanks for another great video!
Thanks for the comment! 😃
That’s a bad example, you don’t always need an analogy to teach something. If someone cares enough they will research it. It’s not rocket science.
Great way of putting it.
So what is the impact on existing zigbee network ? Do WE have to build UP a New network with matter devices ?
I’m glad to hear that it’s all starting to work out with matter. This will be an important factor in my smart home development.
Great video! The thing I'm most concerned about when it comes to Matter is the lack of originality. Manufacturers who use Matter are less incentivized to add support for features that are platform specific i.e. HomeKitSecure Video etc. We see this a lot in Apple Home, but it's far more common in the other smart home platforms. As Matter grows, I'm assuming it will build out more complex functionality, but for now, if you're all-in on HomeKit, I'm not sure Matter matters...much.
Matter will become the dominant Retrofit consumer standard.
But I am glad, that I have built my house with a much more professional and reliable standard called KNX.
30y on the market, 7000 devices from 500 vendors, reliable like a swiss watch and made for decades of operation.
We built 17 years ago and today my house is showing up as one KNX device with 117 entities in Home Assistant: That’s 35 switched lights, 15 dimmed lights, 4 RGBW LED strips, 24 blinds, 20 under-floor heating valves… all KNX and with gateways to Alexa and Homekit.
It is a real shame, that there are 100s of UA-camrs doing the Zigbee-amateur hour, while KNX gets nowhere the attention it deserves.
Anyway. Let’s see what Matter will bring in the consumer space. Can’t wait to play with a KNX/Matter gateway in the near future.
Very true!
the google store lists nest home mini etc under "matter devices" so I watched your video to work out what they were talking about. thank you muchly, this video hit the spot.
I’m older. Found this vid easy to understand. Discovered heeps. Thx
Thanks for the video and links. Think I’m most excited for combination products, like the Nanoleaf Sense+ light switches with built in sensors. Think with matter the smart home can really fade away and just be a part of the home and not an awkward layer sitting on top of the classic home.
Love the Matter Product List! Thanks for the hard work!
Thanks for watching!
Great video as always and thanks for the update, Shane! I believe very soon all these bugs will be resolved and all of us will be building out our smart homes like and George - you guys have the dream set ups!
Thank you!
You just made a fairly complex topic very straight forward with your two points. Great video sir!! 🎉
Thanks Chris! 🙏🏼
Thanks for the update. From what I can tell, for me as a user, Matter is for "commodity" smart home products and acts the same as HomeKit but I can also add the devices to Alexa or Google Home if I wanted to. So, if I'm all-in on Apple, then it doesn't really do much more for me. It seems it's probably of more value to the manufacturers of basic smart home kit, like those no-name brands, as they can now sell their stuff as Matter certified rather than having to get HomeKit + Alexa + Google Home certifications. However, if they want to do anything new or innovative they'll need to wait for it to be standardized by Matter beforehand, which favors the big guys or the bottom feeders and make differentiation tough. Hmm.
That's great!! Thanks for the update👍
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Well I had a bunch of Meross bulbs and plugs fail on me recently and I just couldn't be bothered dealing with them and decided to buy some more Nanoleaf bulbs. Googled and noticed some stores had them at half price. They're clearing the old non-Matter bulbs. I have no intention of using a different ecosystem so 9 bulbs and a light strip later, I saved a fortune!!!
For me Matter is going to give me more things to have in my Apple Home natively, rather than me wanting Google or Alexa as well. Hanging out for Govee to get switch their outdoor lights to Matter. I want those for my new house!
Very useful, thanks!
Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
Thank you Shane. Just wondering if you have tried to go back and factory reset and then re-add any of the Matter products that gave you trouble in the beginning? For instance, if I’m not mistaken, you had trouble taking some existing Eve products that were not originally matter certified and upgrading their firmware then adding them via Matter. Have you tried doing that with any old Eve HK products that you had not already upgraded the firmware back in the early days of matter? I am curious to see if the experience has gotten easier with manufacture and Apple updates that have happened since then.
Very useful ❤
Love the channel it has helped a lot. I am looking for gu10 and B12 bulbs , matter and apple compatible. Do you have some suggestions? Or a video you discuss it in? Can’t believe I have so many unusual bulbs 😂
Nice! 👍
Im running 3 matter switches with google home and home assistant docker a d its awesome
nice video shane! I am just curious about the thermostat, is it connected to your airconditioning unit (smart AC?) to somehow allow automation on the controls of your desirable temp and humidity in a room?
I just spent a lot of money on a Samsung soundbar 990C and speakers and sub as well as a whole reolink setup. Man I hope they come to support matter and I can have them in the home app…
Thank you so much for your videos. They are so helpful. I have not yet upgraded to the new Home architecture. This is because I still have an Apple Watch Series 3 which will lose its Home capabilities once I upgraded. I am going to buy a new Apple Watch Series 9 when they become available (soon 😃) and will upgrade at that time. I am wondering if I can install one of these new Matter devices now, though, on the old architecture? I am currently using eight Nanoleaf Essential A19 smart bulbs in my Home. I love them. I need to add another one very soon. However, the only Nanoleaf Essential A19 bulbs I can see now to buy say they are Matter. Will these work in my current Apple Home under the old architecture❓
Nice vid!. Personally I have the nanoleaf A19 with matter and the meross plug with matter. I personally found I prefer those matter over thread than matter over wifi.
Same. My thinking. Thread supposed to be faster and more reliable than WiFi. If anything. Will declutter my WiFi Network.
Been searching far a watch strap similar to yours. Could you plz tell me where you got it from?
Hey Shane! Love the channel but I have a question that i cant seem to find anywhere. I CANNOT seem to figure out how to control gradient lightstrips or any lights that are gradient. From within google home or homekit or these universal matter apps. Why has noone talked about the problem of google home or homekit not being able to create gradient light colors? I bought philips hue because there app was amazing. But now i cant connect anything else to philips hue. I can put it in google home but whats the point if I have cool ambient strips and underglow everywhere? Could you please help me out or tell me if that will ever be a thing? With matter could I put light bulbs inside philips hue app? Thanks, Austin :)
Hi Shane, great video. Have you heard of any cameras or surge protectors coming soon that support Thread (hopefully from Eve)?
Thanks for watching. I don't know of any power strips with thread support yet. There are not any cameras, and likely won't be, that run on Thread. Cameras require too much bandwidth to rely solely on Thread, so they will probably always require wifi or ethernet.
Really wish my nest learning thermostat would update to matter so I can finally use it in HomeKit.
Hey Shane! Great video! Opinions on the Onvis Matter/Thread smart plug?
Thanks for watching! It's not bad. The Onvis app is not very good. The Onvis Plug will not give you power monitoring like the Eve Energy. Eve Energy is probably my favorite Matter over Thread smart plug, but for half the price, the Onvis is a very good alternative if you just need something that that turns on/off and supports Matter & Thread.
Thanks for the list of matter certified products. It would be helpful to have a similar list of Thread products. Or better yet, a single product list in a table that shows matter and thread status. Thanks.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look at ways to modify and improve this list even more.
Hey Shane, appreciate the video as always my guy. I myself I’m in the process of standing up an Apple Home in a pre-existing Alexa smart home. While most of my lighting is now Phillips Hue, I have had trouble with a recent Govee M1 Matter light strip purchase. After multiple attempts to get it to connect to HomeKit, I finally gave up and just added it to my Homebridge. I previously had to TP link Tapo matter smart plugs that were working just fine but for the past few days, they have been unresponsive and HomeKit. After fighting for with them for a few hours I gave up and put them in my Homebridge server as well. Both products are working fine in there. I am so hopeful matter will bridge the gap between all of these different ecosystems. In my case however I can't help but think that may be my issues because I couldn't help myself and installed developer Beta on my Apple TVs, HomePods, and my iPhones. so my issue is probably my own 🙄. Thanks again, and have a good one!
Thanks for the comment. Of course, running betas could always present unexplainable issues... But if you are only having issues with Matter products, and have not done so already, make sure you have IPv6 enabled on your router. That is required for Matter and could be the issue if it is not turned on.
@@ShaneCreates hey dude I really appreciate the reply. Not sure about ipv6. Will definitely check and enable it if it’s not running and give Matter another shot. Thanks again!
Hi Shane, I'm looking for a Matter or HomeKit 2 gang switch. I have a 2-gang light switch that controls my Fan and Light, but that's the only thing I have not converted yet to Smart, because there's no HomeKit product that replace a 2-gang switch. Let me know if you know something. Thanks
Hey Shane… the link for your website isn’t working, just a heads up;) also, I’ve noticed that there’s 0 smoke detectors that are matter compatible, any suggestions? I need 4 and the idea was to wait, but seems like a long wait 😅
Do I need just a hub or a thread border router too?
Great video, as usual….Shane!! Quick question….and I believe you did a video already on this but I’m really looking for economical Smart-blinds!! Any suggestions…I’m trying to replace my blinds/shades, but I want to make sure I can use them with my APPLE HOME KIT!! Thanks in advance for any suggestions!! ✊🏽
Thanks for watching! It really will depend on what you want to pay. My opinion: Lutron Serena is the best, but you will certainly pay for it... they also require a hub. Eve Motion Blinds and Smart Wings are a good "mid-tier"... not as expensive as Lutron but still lots of customization options. Then something like Ikea or SwitchBot (retrofit) will be the most affordable but you won't have near the options and/or quality.
Smart Wings has the first Matter shades coming out (while we're on the topic of Matter) and I'll be releasing a video on that very soon FYI.
Matter's been going well for me. I'm using WiZ (which is another subbrand of Signify, alongside Hue) lights and they work just as well as they did with Homebridge. The only thing I have to complain about is that for some reason ControllerForHomeKit can't "load accessory information" for these, and I'm unable to save their Matter code for this reason. Otherwise they've been flawless. Very happy these work with Matter, and I'd name them the best lights you can get for what would be into USD $15.
Also props to the software team @ Signify. The WiZ app is awesome, even though I use the Home app 99.9% of the time and only use the manufacturer's apps for firmware updates.
Nice, thanks for sharing. I have not used any of the Wiz bulbs yet with Matter. I have seen similar behavior with a few other Matter products in the Controller for HomeKit app. I think the developer is aware. This may rely on the manufacturer and not the developer, but If you haven't done so already, I'd recommend leaving feedback to the developer in case it's something they can fix.
Is there someone you know of that looks at the availability of both homekit and matter kit within the UK?
Hey, What are you using on the wall behind you in this video for the decor? Are those just strip lights behind something?
They are the Nanoleaf Lines with black skins.... they are currently on sale I believe: geni.us/NanoleafLines15 (affiliate link)
I have hue hub, hue bulbs, all connected to home assistant with the hue integration. Now, if I switch my hue hub to matter, will the zigbee network of my hue bulbs become connected to my other zigbee devices connected through zha ?
Shane thanks for your video. I want to clarify something.before the matter, we can use apple home kit app to manage our smart devices and create an automation. So different companies prodcts can be use. (Can we use automation .After matter, we can do same thing?, but compability between difreent vendors company can provide from matter??
Or what is the point to use matter, what we can do now with matter which we couldnt before?
Any update on the tuo smart button? Battery life? Connectivity? Etc
Hello, philips hue has now released official matter update'. Any video coming about it? I have high hopes about it, as regards the alexa limitation with one hue bridge. Will matter solve this ? Muliple hue bridges is now possible with alexa with matter update ? Thx
Any Matter product that can be operated Remotely through cloud support?
Leviton just released their Lind awaited matter over thread update.
Yesssssssss 🎉
I can't wait for my roomba vacuum & Husqvarna automower can get added to Apple Homekit.
Hey Shane , I got the Govee m1 light strip. I love it but man it was a pain in ass to get it into Apple Home. I had to turn off 5ghz on my router, unplug my HomePod mini and then reconnect so it would connect to the 2.4 ghz network. Then I was able to get it into Apple Home. But it took a while to figure that out.
Sorry to hear that. I think almost every Matter "out-of-the-box" product that I've gotten in the past few months, including the Govee lightstrip, connected to the Apple Home app on the first attempt. That's not always the case with Google or SmartThings in my experience.
I was disappointed the new Matter Nanoleaf a19 bulbs don't work well. No adaptive lighting and colors are so off it can't even make white.
Shane is there a way to determine “which” products in your inventory are matter certified vs not? At some point would be good to know how many items are or are not certified. Also I had a couple old echo 4th gens so set those back up strictly as boarder routers. I’m still not sure though why I would need/want to share devices from HomeKit back or Alexa…. Can you help with why that makes sense? Thanks as always for the great work you do!
Thanks for the support! A couple of things you can do to check if a device supports Matter. In the Apple Home app, go into the device settings that your are checking on. If you see an option that says "Turn On Pairing Mode," then you know that is a Matter accessory.
Additionally, you can go into your iPhone Settings app > General > Matter Accessories. Here you should see Matter accessories that you have added to your setup. Hope this helps.
You'll have to check with the manufacturer. Some thread products will eventually get over-the-air updates to allow for Matter over Thread, however other companies are only updating their hub for Matter over Ethernet/WiFi, where the Thread based communication would then not be Matter. Companies will also adapt their plans over the coming year, so certain planning things will likely find that it's not feasible, and others not planning might change their minds and do it.
Hey Shane. Just a heads up that your trend micro link is not working. Thanks for all you do.
Thanks for the heads up. I have fixed the link. Thanks again!
I’m having issues with the (Matter) Eve Motion sensor; when the lux level drops to 0 in a pitch black environment, it no longer seems to refresh and I get read/write errors from it in the Eve app, and any automations based on the sensor using the lux and/or motion no longer work.
Anyone else experienced the same yet or got a fix?
What is the impact of matter to our zigbee mesh network ?
Thanks for another great video Shane. Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Matter promise new accessory categories every quarter of the year? We’re already a month into the third quarter and no new categories.
I need this ASAP. The wife is almost ready to do a kitchen renovation and I need to get these major appliances in HomeKit before she picks dumb ones lol.
Thanks for watching Jonathan. I believe the promise was for biannual Matter version updates. That should be twice a year and doesn't necessarily mean the update will include new device categories. Although I do believe it's been stated that the next major update should include new categories so.... 🤞 🤞
Ahh ok thanks. I probably remember it wrong then.
can old devices be upgraded to use matter?
Any updates on Philips and thread?
Philips was one of the first to annouce their Matter strategy - which is to update their hub an only provide Matter over WiFi/Ethernet (lighting communication stays as it is).
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Matter has been the best addition to my smart home. Slowly phasing out all of my Phillips hue bulbs due to the increased unreliability of the lights, and the new Nanoleaf bulbs have been a great experience. Do you have any matter by thread supported light controllers you’d suggest?
May I ask specifically what Hue lights became unreliable?
Hue has always been reliable for me over the years
@@ibiubu99 Random Bulbs would come on at random or become unresponsive, and the remotes never respected settings to turn on all the lights either. This is after a reset on the bridge itself and all the bulbs and remotes twice. Not sure if it’s just interference or what, but so far the Nanoleaf ones haven’t dropped out once yet
Glad to hear it. What do you mean by light controllers? Like buttons or switches? The TUO smart button is the first (and still only, I believe) smart button that supports Matter over Thread.
@@ShaneCreates buttons. I actually just ordered two to test after seeing your video earlier!
Can you tell me does G2H Pro got support for Matter? And what about child devices that you connect to camera, like motion sensor.. Does it convert to Matter too (or you need extra hub, not only G2H Pro camera)?
So my question is if you "convert" it to bridge, do you lose some functionality and what? Is there any tutorial or video about that for this camera? I am new here and I wanted to buy G2H Pro and i have google home / android phone
Aqara said the G2H Pro will gain Matter support, but I don't think it's received the update yet. When it does, yes, you will likely loose some functionality. Only the hub portion will support Matter (cameras are not supported by Matter yet). And like the M2 Hub, you will probably loose the security system feature in Apple Home since that is not supported either. But most of the child accessories (those that matter supports) will support Matter through the bridge.
@@ShaneCreates I see, possible in 2024 camera update for matter will come. I purchased today G2H, mostly because of 146 degree of view and a hub option, but the picture is great too. Also magnetic part is perfect for my situation. I have some devices on mi home app, but I have been having trouble with delay notification/alarm, I hope it will work better on aqara app. But it is strange that in mi / xiaomi app aqara cameras are not supported, even if they support many other aqara devices. Does it have any connection with matter support or aquara just choice not to up support camera for mi home app?
Please talk about how the Matter protocol handles the stolen Matter device . .
What's become confusing is what you mentioned about Matter products not having Thread and Thread products not using Matter. With lots of products having Matter and that being the exciting new thing right now, what I think I want is just fast, local Thread support for all my Apple Home-supported products.
Thanks for watching. I hope the video brought some clarity to that.
It's not really that confusing if you break the constituent parts out. Matter is a connectivity and interoperability standard (which operates over Internet Protocol) - the way things speak together. The network that is used for this connectivity can vary. Putting light switches and running control over WiFi is a bad idea as it is not fit for purpose like Thread is; but if all that you have is a router, a WiFi hotspot, and a smart home controller, then maybe WiFi is appropriate if you'll only one or two devices. Think of Thread as a fit for purpose standalone mesh network for your smart home which gets stronger as you build it out, and does not send signals or connect to your WiFi.
One hope that I put on Matter is about the offline capabilities, and I wish you could test this extensively in the future. My main problem is that I built my HomeKit home automation onto Philips Hue platform and it's really frustrating how unreliable and slow it is, and in certain hours it's unavailable probably because Philips is updating their servers. If I want to make a snack 1am, I have to use my iPhone as flashlight because I know the Hue system won't work. As expensive as it's gonna be to replace all my lights, this will come eventually, the only question is whether Matter will be the solution, and which brand should I go for.
This is interesting, as that's not my experience with Hue at all. I'd regard it as one of the most reliably platforms available today. Nearly all your operations should be running locally in any case with the bridge and homekit (assuming you have a home hub?), but there certainly aren't nightly maintenance outages like you describe. Have you tried digging in more to those reliability issues to determine if there isn't something else going on?
@@andyhume874 I use the Hue Bridge, yes. I don't know exactly which generation, but it's not very new. Most of my lights are zigbee, with some few being Bluetooth, I have around 30+ Philips Hue ceiling lights and a couple of other different lights like LED strips from other brands, which are mostly Bluetooth. The Philips ones (including the Bluetooth ones) are the only that stop working, almost every day in the same hour. And also Philips is one of the few that stops working completely if I enable that HomeKit Accessory Security feature, that forbids them to log data to Baidu. I tried to use it through Homeassistant and through Homebridge without any improvements. Maybe my Bridge is defective, but what about the BT lights? I don't even want to start talking about the Hue app, how it messes my HomeKit catalog.
This is very odd. Phillips Hue has is also my most reliable platform. (“It just works”). 😂.
Have you tried adding a Phillips Hue Motion Sensor for your night time routine?
This is one reason that I've been waiting for a local only smart home connectivity standard. Latency, security, privacy, and home automation resiliency are others. Sending a signal around the world and back to turn on lights is just ridiculous.
Hi, are you interested in reviewing the Smart Sprinkler Controller? we can provide samples
Any thoughts on a IR blaster for HomeKit?
There was a recent IR blaster with Matter support, but I believe it only supports up to 3 devices in HomeKit. At the time, that's the only option that supports Matter or HomeKit natively that I'm aware of. I think there will be other options soon though.
Great overview Shane! I'm still not convinced that Matter is as great as it could be...but my experiences with it have improved over the last few months.
Thanks, as always for the content!
Thanks for the support! 🙏🏼 I'm glad to hear that your experience with Matter has also improved over the last few months. Hopefully these are just the transitional times required for Matter to hopefully one day get "as good as it could be."
Great video with incredible editing Shane!
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Unless I missed it, you last said that the matter ota updates were worse than ready made matter products. Is that still the case or are the ota updates better now too?
Good question. I do think that's probably because the ota updates I was doing was very early on. I have a coupe of the older Eve products that got Matter updated and they seem to be better in the Apple Home app. I stopped using Aqara hubs with Matter after dealing with many of those issues. I've been thinking about giving it another try tho now that some time has passed. The SwitchBot Matter products have been solid for me and those were firmware updates. I've also heard good things about people who have been using Philips Hue with the Matter update (beta program only) as well as Wiz which recently got updated.
For sure getting better but it is still absolutely frustrating how unstable everything is from this billion/trillion $ companies. When my AppleTV/Homepod decides to switch the mainhub (no idea why) everything just breaks. Suddenly I have 20+ unresponsive devices, mostly thread devices. Takes like a day to get everything going again. I know the thread network can take time to build etc. but frankly read the marketing material from these companies, it doesnt say that. All you always hear on troubleshooting/support is reseting the devices and reconnecting which is just a joke. This is not fixing the problem ... I can't just reboot everything and reconnect every other day and rebuilt automations etc.
Long story short, I don't understand how an average joe who might not be tech savy can get this shit to work or doesnt have the time to play around. If you think this is plug&play, its for sure not.
Hi Shane, do you plan to review the Bticino ad Vimar domotic systems by chance? They may be tailored toward EU market but it would be extremely helpful for us living in the old continent.
It's difficult for me to cover products that are not available internationally. For one, it's hard to get the products and two, voltage is different in the US vs EU so there are compatibility issues with many products that are not sold outside of the EU market.
By the way, the new matter 1.2 smoke detector addition is coming soon & Owl confirmed they will support it. They said: "Yes absolutely, we will be supporting Matter 1.2 but just don’t have clear timelines as to when that will be integrated to Owl Wired."
Please explain, how a Matter device (eg: Matter on WiFi) works in remote (without connecting local network)?
Wifi Matter devices connect to your local network for communication, but do not require reaching out to the cloud for simple commands, automations, etc. This is how HomeKit wifi accessories have always worked. Everything is processed and ran locally.
You have to connect to a local network of some type. Otherwise you should use something like LoRaWAN or NB-IoT.
Hello! How would I connect my google home max to homekit?
Good question, thanks for asking.
Another common misconception is that you can get your google hubs or Alexa Echos to work in homekit with Matter, which is not the case, at least not right now. These devices are "Matter Controllers." They are sort of the brains or the main hub behind each ecosystem. Google, HomeKit, Alexa, etc are each the different ecosystems that control all of your Matter devices.
i live in india and there are absolutley no options for us here in apple homekit or matter as google home and amazo **** is more dominant as smartphone market is more 95% android here for us apple people we rely on homebridge hopefully this changes soon
Just curious, why are you muting the “Alexa” word?
Is Wi-Fi bad in general?
Will it “crowd” my network?
Assuming I’ll have around 150 smart devices. (Not counting computers, phones, etc)
Depends on your router. Those provided by ISPs are pretty weak. Something a little more expensive, especially a mesh system (which personally I would recommend to almost anyone) will handle more devices better.
I don't mind wifi accessories in general. It takes a lot to crowd up your network but it will happen eventually. That is why I like using products that support other protocols when possible, especially if it's something I'll be adding a lot of throughout the house (smart light switches for example.)
@@ShaneCreates I’m renovating my apartment and I’ll have 65 E26 bulbs. Which would you recommend?
I really like Nanoleaf’s proposal, for being 1100 lumens, not needing a bridge, thread… but I bought one and found out the RGB colors are 10x dimmer than the whites… the next option would be Lifx, but it’s all Wi-Fi (and I haven’t personally tested). Phillips hue is 3x more expensive than Nanoleaf, but colors are much better. What do you think?
Bear in mind that I’ll still have lightstrips, presence sensors, smart buttons, etc.
Can someone cover if ipv6 has to be enabled on main wifi routers (not border routers) for thread to work? Will devices connect anyway and use wifi instead?
Yes IPv6 is required for Matter and therefore must be enabled on your router.
Thanks. Will enable it and hope not to screw up my whole system.😊
Eric Welander did a video on just this topic and this seems to be more complicated than it ought to be (unless you run both IPv4 and IPv6 together). However if Thread is your Matter network, you don't need to enable IPv6 on your WiFi.
@@GregEva it is confusing. Amazon says on their alexa page that IP V6 needs to be enabled on router to connect. So that and another youtube video created questions and sent me scrambling to my router settings,
Just another great video from the premiere Apple Home UA-camr. You explained this confusing topic very well and it should help those scratching their heads on what is Matter and why should I care about it.
For me, I am excited to see new product categories that will be coming to the Apple Home ecosystem. Also, if there is a smart home product that isn't natively supported by Apple Home and it is Matter certified, I will now be able to get it into my Apple Home smart home platform without using something like HOOBS/HomeBridge or other third party system.
Thank you for the kind words and support.
I agree with you... as primarily an Apple Home user myself, it has been cool to slowly see products gain native support that before was not possible. Once Matter opens up to even more product categories like appliances and vacuums, us Apple Home users will have good reason to rejoice!
Aqara GH2 Pro is a Matter hub.
I'm not sure if this is a Matter thing or not, but one of the things that I look for in a smart device is that it exposes full functionality in Home as it does in its native app. It's frustrating to have to go back into a devices' native app just to do something that isn't exposed to Home.
That's a solid point, however I think this has been a factor long before Matter... at least regarding Apple Home/HomeKit. There are number of Apple Home products (without Matter) that have extra features that are not available in the Apple Home app and only accessible in the manufacturer's app. Some manufacturer's do a better job than others at trying to get those features accessible in the Apple Home app.
This will never happen. It's a problem as old as time itself. The company adopts a standard but they add some features that don't exist in the standard so need to figure out how to allow you to use them. An example would be Eve Smart Switch which can program on/off schedulers in the switch itself (not on the home automation controller). It's great to have that feature, but it doesn't exist in Matter. At the same time, it isn't a frequent thing that you do, so you should just get over it. If it was something really common, that's where lobbying the standards body can help to get the standard enhanced for things once not possible (ie; color control).
Video actually starts at about 2:53
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What happened to your sleeves?
Saying "it's here" is an overstatement. It's barely here and it works on almost nothing that people actually use. Just a bunch of off brands. Nothing is actually changing yet. When it really rolls out and is available for most Google Home & Ring / Alexa products then it will actually be worth talking about.
Your very lucky my Google Home just won't accept any MATTER devices just fails.
Matter both apple and android
Has video been incorporated into Matter yet?
No - and I doubt it will be anytime soon. I can't imagine the vendors committing to work on this as their products already work, and this would be a very big dig. The focus will likely be on adding more device types, and broading out the capbilities of those devices.
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My smart home is not changing. I built it long before Matter appeared, and it works fine. Why should I invest in a totally different ecosystem?
I think that's one of the good things about Matter. It's not a new ecosystem. You can continue using your smart home just like you always have and new Matter products will integrate into your existing smart home ecosystem.
You shouldn't invest if you don't need it. Matter aims to simplify interoperability and connectivity. If your system is working then just leave it alone.
If a new smart device doesn't come with matter, dont buy it. The alternative is to download their own proprietary app to set it up. Why would you want to be locked down by one specific app? When the technology to give you more options exist?
I'm using Google home 🏡
Luckily for me I have no need for Matter, I'm good with my Zigbee/Wi-Fi mix, hopefully it works for you guys but I don't plan on dipping my toes until I'm forced
I am just not comfortable replacing my current zigbee and zwave devices with Matter ones. I will assume that it is very expensive and time consuming to do this without many benefits. If it is not broken then don't fix it. It looks like a big pain in the butt.
"If it's not broken, don't fix it"... couldn't agree more with this.
The purpose of Matter is not to be an upgrade or better than what you have today, it is to bring interoperability and connectivity between devices. It will be many years before manufactures are having devices speak directly to each other to make their be a need to change anything. I am looking at it as simplification and investment for the future, not doing something not already possible.
Easier to find products “guaranteed to work” with your smart home. Nanoleaf still doesn’t work. Word to the wise avoid matter if you can. My smart lights are dumb I just use a normal switch aka they just ended up being expensive bulbs.
It's the new normal for you as a youtuber. In general it's not, it's just for people with fomo. Give it a few years tho
Maybe. But there are more and more Matter products available to purchase every week. Fact is, if you're buying anything for your smart home, Matter is at least something you'll have to consider.
Why can’t you say “Alexa”?
Cuz it'll trigger people's Alexa at home while they're watching... He doesn't say "hey siri" either
@@lesliehylaris9847 Well that's empathy in the 21st century.
The Matter scenario is dead. No updates
Limited support or no products.
It promised integration with "everything" but that is not the reality.
Whatever, it doesn’t Matter
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So is it ready yet? NO.
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Great video! I pay for youtube premium. You override that, resulting 👎