Homey Pro with Bridge - Matter/Thread Support, and Ethernet?

[Peter_Kawa]

@BlackrazorNZ

I will likely need a Homey Bridge in slave mode to cover enough of our house due to the size.

Hi Daniel,

For zigbee/zwave the bridge as satellite acts as an ordinary router atm, so imho you can use smart sockets/lights/wall dimmers as router devices instead.
How much space do you need to fill? With zigbee/zwave routers you can cover a pretty big area.

Here’s what Emile (a.k.a. the big boss ) said about the features and ideas:

@Emile

For Z-Wave and Zigbee, a Homey Bridge connected as Satellite will join Homey Pro’s Z-Wave / Zigbee network as powered router.

@Emile

For 433 MHz & Infrared, you can choose per device whether to use Homey Pro or a Homey Bridge.

It’s a nice idea to create multiple Z-Wave & Zigbee networks to bridge long distances. Technically & UX-wise quite challenging, so no promises.