misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoMatter 1.4 tries to set the smart home standard back on trackwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
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minus-squareAlex@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up82·14 days agoI just want to buy home automation gadgets that don’t need a bloody cloud account to work.
minus-squarevividspecter@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·14 days agoThat’s the point of this standard, at least in theory. Same with the older but still common ZigBee standard.
minus-squarerealitista@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·13 days agoZwave and zigbee have never needed a cloud.
minus-squarechunkystyles@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 days agoThey might be older tech, but they’re pretty rock solid.
I just want to buy home automation gadgets that don’t need a bloody cloud account to work.
That’s the point of this standard, at least in theory. Same with the older but still common ZigBee standard.
Zwave and zigbee have never needed a cloud.
They might be older tech, but they’re pretty rock solid.