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IKEA moves to Thread (and away from Zigbee) (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

ZigBee devices form a mesh network, which WiFi devices don't do. This means I can have my hub on one side of my house and a bunch of bulbs and smart outlets maintain a backbone through the house for a bunch of low power devices (like thermostats and door sensors) to connect to it.

If you're having a bad ZigBee experience, I recommend making sure your bulbs can serve as a general ZigBee bridge, and not just a bridge for other bulbs of that brand. Otherwise, a well placed smart outlet can serve the same purpose.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

And that's a great example of how Zigbee design principles are fundamentally better suited for home automation purposes than WiFi. Thank you.