Z-Wave and ZigBee devices can't work with Matter directly, but they could be connected to a Matter system with a bridge. For example, the Philips Hue smart lights mentioned earlier use ZigBee, and their ZigBee hub is being updated to bridge them into Matter. No Z-Wave bridges have been announced yet.
Avoid placing devices near walls, corners, and tight spaces, especially if surrounded by metal. These surfaces will interfere with the Z-Wave radio waves and diminish performance.
Both the Wink Hub and Samsung's SmartThings Hub offer Z-Wave and Zigbee support. Plenty of other devices from Yale and Honey through to a suite of GE appliances all work equally well with either protocol.
Built upon Internet Protocol (IP), Matter will enable IP-based networking between both smart home devices and the smartphone apps or cloud services that make those devices useful.
While Matter will work over Thread and Wi-Fi — meaning you don't have to have a border router to use the standard — adding one (or more) will help ensure you have a solid foundation on which to build a Matter-supported home.
Well, unfortunately, this really depends on their hardware. Fairly new devices that run via Wi-Fi or Thread should upgrade to Matter at some point, either via a software update or through a bridge.
Z-Wave and ZigBee devices can't work with Matter directly, but they could be connected to a Matter system with a bridge. For example, the Philips Hue smart lights mentioned earlier use ZigBee, and their ZigBee hub is being updated to bridge them into Matter.
The Home Assistant Yellow project has some information about Matter support. The chip used in the Yellow will be updated to run Matter and Zigbee simultaneously once the firmware is available. I think you will find Matter support comes to Home Assistant then as it will be supported by their hardware.
SmartThings: Samsung's smart home brand announced a new Home Hub that will have support for Matter. Veea: Veea announced it will adopt Matter as part of its new Stax smart hub hardware and Stax Home Smart Home-as-a-Service offering.
Will Matter work with HomeKit? Yes. Since Apple is a member of the Connectivity Standards Alliance, Matter devices will work within the Home app and with Siri alongside standard HomeKit-enabled devices. Support for Matter is built into iOS 15, and developers can already begin adding support to their smart home apps.
Do I need a hub? Yes - to get the most out of your Z-Wave device, a Z-Wave Certified hub is required to set schedules and control remotely away from the home, which a handheld Z-Wave controller cannot do.
Z-Wave Has Fewer Congestion Problems
As such, Z-Wave's network has much less congestion, as it operates on a lower radio frequency - 908.42 MHz. Zigbee's frequency is closer to that of Wi-Fi - 2.4ghz - meaning a lot more congestion.
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Z-Wave is the leading smart home technology found in millions of products around the world. It is a wireless technology that will not interfere with your Wi-Fi signal and operates on low power.
Zigbee uses a 2.4 GHz frequency or a 915 MHz frequency, and Z-Wave uses a frequency of 908.42 MHz. A device that uses Zigbee won't be able to communicate with a device that uses Z-Wave and vice versa.
In order for a Z-Wave product to help boost the signals of other devices, it needs to be plugged into a power outlet. This is because repeating Z-Wave signals is a tiring job, and devices need the constant power to be up for the task.
Since December 2020, the Samsung SmartThings Hub v3 has become the Aeotec Smart Home Hub. It still runs the SmartThings software and SmartThings app. It is still compatible with all the devices and automations you've come to expect.
SmartThings isn't being discontinued. Currently, Samsung is making it into a more powerful and “universal” platform. Instead of developing products of their own, Samsung SmartThing decided to ditch their legacy products and apps to focus on improving the features and security of their platform.
The best alternative is Home-Assistant.io, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SmartThings are openHAB (Free, Open Source), Google Home (Free), Domoticz (Free, Open Source) and ioBroker (Free, Open Source).
New devices that roll out after Matter is officially launched, will be compatible with the new protocol and make the smart home experience amicable. If you already have certain devices in your setup, you could wonder if all that is suddenly obsolete! Thankfully, developers will be working on backward compatibility.
Matter uses a wireless technology based on Internet Protocol (IP), which Wi-Fi routers use to assign an address to your connected devices. There are no awkward handoffs or other wireless technologies to deal with by natively integrating an IP-based protocol for smart home devices.
No, it's not. Matter + Thread (or other) is. Once again, Thread is is like Wifi, just a transmission protocol. It only enables devices to talk to each other.
The Apple HomeKit certified Z-Wave controller to extend your Smart Home with Z-Wave products. Thinka bridges HomeKit to Z-Wave. The (included) Z-Wave controller is best of breed, with a 700 series chip for better range, Smart Start, provisioning, backup and restore, remote access and remote support.
Signal Range for Zigbee
Zigbee works on a 2.4 GHz frequency, which is considerably higher than Z Wave's frequency. It is more capable of passing through walls and other obstructions without distortion, but it has a very limited indoor range of 40 feet.
Matter is an IP-based technology, but essential smart home functions should work regardless of whether accessories can reach the internet, or even whether you have a dedicated hub or bridge. You do need the internet and a Matter hub to control your home remotely.