I think you mean Matter over Thread?
I personally don’t have a Matter network at home but I run some Aqua ZigBee stuff and it works well.
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echo@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
I’m loving my Aqara Matter smart thermostat. It can do everything the Nest and Ecobees can do and works entirely locally communicating directly with my Home Assistant instance and costs less than the competition. No third party app necessary. Configurable over Wi-Fi or Zigbee over Thread.
quadrant5835@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Auli@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Exovee can be completely local with whatever apples home tech is on home assistant.
quadrant5835@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
I recall a while back Ecobee was blocking Home Assistant users, apparently by locking down api access.
A quick search tells me that they now have an official integration and are good with Home Assistant again.
That is truly good news! I had previously written this company off for being hostile to self-hosters but apparently have cleared their name.
m4ylame0wecm@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Integration still uses ecobee cloud api I think, buy no longer needing a developer api key or whatever program thrybshut down a couple years ago. Setting up using homekit stuff is local.