I'm starting to use matter, and I still have a couple Z-wave devices, but zigbee is a great mesh network that gets stronger as you add more powered (not battery) devices that act as a router. Eventually matter/thread will be a likely "winner" in smart home stuff, but there are still issues between apple and everyone else that cause some issues. Until then, zigbee is my way to go as I can run everything I have without reaching out to some cloud. All of it is local on my Home Assistant docker. Bow, for a couple you probably haven't heard about in a long while - I started with X-10 and Insteon. All of that is long gone.
I'm starting to use matter, and I still have a couple Z-wave devices, but zigbee is a great mesh network that gets stronger as you add more powered (not battery) devices that act as a router. Eventually matter/thread will be a likely "winner" in smart home stuff, but there are still issues between apple and everyone else that cause some issues. Until then, zigbee is my way to go as I can run everything I have without reaching out to some cloud. All of it is local on my Home Assistant docker. Bow, for a couple you probably haven't heard about in a long while - I started with X-10 and Insteon. All of that is long gone.
Yeah... X10 goes back to the 80s... Good old radio shack...I'd like my free red batt-tree please... 😁