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Matter is the "new" standard that basically everyone is adopting for home automation & smarthome devices.

Archive: https://archive.today/jFoao

From the post: "The Alliance is excited to share that the second update to Matter, version 1.2, is now available for device makers and platforms to build into their products. It is packed with nine new device types, revisions, and additions to existing categories, core improvements to the specification and SDK, and certification and testing tools. The Matter 1.2 certification program is now open and members expect to bring these enhancements and new device types to market later this year and into 2024 and beyond.

Since the release of Matter 1.0 a little more than a year ago, we’ve seen real growth and progress, with over 24,600 downloads of the spec,1,214 certifications, nearly 24% growth in the number of companies who have joined the Matter Working Group, and a new Alliance Interoperability Test Facility."

Matter is the "new" standard that basically everyone is adopting for home automation & smarthome devices. Archive: https://archive.today/jFoao From the post: "The Alliance is excited to share that the second update to Matter, version 1.2, is now available for device makers and platforms to build into their products. It is packed with nine new device types, revisions, and additions to existing categories, core improvements to the specification and SDK, and certification and testing tools. The Matter 1.2 certification program is now open and members expect to bring these enhancements and new device types to market later this year and into 2024 and beyond. Since the release of Matter 1.0 a little more than a year ago, we’ve seen real growth and progress, with over 24,600 downloads of the spec,1,214 certifications, nearly 24% growth in the number of companies who have joined the Matter Working Group, and a new Alliance Interoperability Test Facility."

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If you're getting smart home stuff don't waste money on things that don't support Matter. Pre-matter stuff is all tied to the company's servers being active for them to work.

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It depends on what you use or if you put a "open" firmware on the device but otherwise.. yeah, I pretty much agree with that.

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True, I've never tried flashing custom firmware on my smart home devices.

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Ive flashed ESPHome to some things and the tasmota firmware as well. Ive actually got an outdoor plug on my desk that im going to flash tonight to Tasmota to control some Halloween/Christmas lights.

It's a lot easier than you would think but sometimes you have to solder onto some test-points. Sometimes you can do it OTA. It just depends on the device. After that, its 100% under your control and local-only.

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Mqtt is pretty universal and much harder to hack.