Hey there, Matter is picking up traction. A lot of new devices support this standard. And even more will. Just click on “show all participants” on this site: https://buildwithmatter.com/ Did Athom already make an official statement? I cant find anything… Kind regards, Jan

Athom doesn’t really make official statements in terms of future features, so I think it’s anyone’s guess (at least here on the community forum) if Homey will support it or not. However, at least the current hardware (both Bridge and Pro) doesn’t support the Thread protocol, which (AFAIK) is a requi…

No, Homey hasn’t commented on that yet. However, Athom will not be able to block itself, otherwise they will go bankrupt. The only question here is whether an update is possible, or whether a new Homey is coming and we can throw away our current ball.

[image] Undertaker: The only question here is whether an update is possible There is no Thread stack available for the current hardware (because it’s outdated and too limited), and I doubt Athom will write their own stack. But apart from that, even it a stack existed, you’d have to make a cho…

[image] robertklep: you’d have to make a choice between either Zigbee or Thread Why would you need to make such a choice? Why would they not co-exist?

[image] Joost_Else: Why would you need to make such a choice? Why would they not co-exist? Because there’s only one 802.15.4-capable chip inside Homey.

So yes. If you want Thread, you can throw the current Homey in the dustbin. [Download]

But the Homey Pro could still support Matter and connect to Thread border routers I think. So in that respect it could connect to a Thread network over WiFi, but it just needs a hub (border router) inbetween. I am sure that many hubs will become available for thread in the future. https://openthrea…

[image] Gruijter: But the Homey Pro could still support Matter and connect to Thread border routers I think. True, perhaps it would even be possible to create a “Matter” app. You’ll just need another hub to complement “the only smart hub you’ll ever need” :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Good opportunity for Athom to come out with the Homey Bridge Pro, which adds Thread and WiFi to the present Homey Bridge interfaces :crazy_face:

The design choices that were made for the current Bridge don’t suggest to me that that will happen any time soon :grimacing:

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robertklep January 18, 2022, 6:21am 6

Because there’s only one 802.15.4-capable chip inside Homey.

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