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Matter 1.2 – New device types and improvements

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Re: Matter 1.2 – New device types and improvements

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Post by brigade »

malfist wrote: post #4
adocomplete wrote: post #3

Step in the right direction, but I wonder what's taking so long on getting support for cameras. That's my biggest use case at the moment. Having a bunch of Nest cameras that don't natively incorporate with HomeKit and having to do all sorts of work arounds to get a still generally crappy experience is killing my excitement for the smart home. And I won't buy new ones until they support Matter and there is true intero…

Probably the same reason video is always hard, there's 7 million codecs. Might also be privacy

I seriously doubt there’s a single camera supporting Apple/Google/Amazon integration that doesn’t support H.264 plus AAC

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Post by adocomplete »

wil421 wrote: post #10
adocomplete wrote: post #3

Step in the right direction, but I wonder what's taking so long on getting support for cameras. That's my biggest use case at the moment. Having a bunch of Nest cameras that don't natively incorporate with HomeKit and having to do all sorts of work arounds to get a still generally crappy experience is killing my excitement for the smart home. And I won't buy new ones until they support Matter and there is true intero…

Does Homebridge not have a plug in for Nest? The one for Unifi cameras is just ok and takes forever to load an image. The doorbell notification is better than the camera experience.

It does, but it is pretty bad. Loads very slowly. Randomly disconnects. Just overall a janky experience.

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Post by throw0101a »

malfist wrote: post #4
adocomplete wrote: post #3

Step in the right direction, but I wonder what's taking so long on getting support for cameras. That's my biggest use case at the moment. Having a bunch of Nest cameras that don't natively incorporate with HomeKit and having to do all sorts of work arounds to get a still generally crappy experience is killing my excitement for the smart home. And I won't buy new ones until they support Matter and there is true intero…

Probably the same reason video is always hard, there's 7 million codecs. Might also be privacy

> Probably the same reason video is always hard, there's 7 million codecs.

ONVIF has specifications/profiles for management, functionality, and codecs (S and T):

* https://www.onvif.org/profiles-add-ons-specifications/

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ONVIF

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Post by justinsaccount »

Is there a SIMPLE way to have a small python or go program act as a "switch" that shows up in Google home? The last time I tried looking at the matter stuff even checking out the git repo required gigabytes of storage and it seemed the opposite of simple.

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Post by mholm »

varun_chopra wrote: post #5

Does anyone know if Matter is being embraced by companies working on home automation products? I'm in India and it seems that the ecosystem is really garbage -- some devices work with Alexa, some with Google, and very little work with _all_ major providers (and I'm an Apple user). Is it better in other countries?

Matter was finalized fairly recently in hardware timescales. It's not better anywhere just yet, though I'm expecting we'll see quite a few expensive Matter devices start coming from the major players, then trickle down to the non-discerning customers as they get cheaper.

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Post by MaKey »

PurpleRamen wrote: post #15

As I remember, Matter is using blockchain for doing something with their certifications. Does anyone know more about this? What they do there and whether this legitimate usage or just some case of buzzword-bingo?

Here you go: https://matter-smarthome.de/en/benefits/benefits-of-matter-4...

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Post by 2Gkashmiri »

varun_chopra wrote: post #5

Does anyone know if Matter is being embraced by companies working on home automation products? I'm in India and it seems that the ecosystem is really garbage -- some devices work with Alexa, some with Google, and very little work with _all_ major providers (and I'm an Apple user). Is it better in other countries?

Have attempted to look at a lot of stuff but all revolve around their servers having to approve anything.

I remember a power strip that refused to work wothout internet because it could not communicate with server for auth and actions.

I have decided to go full diy and use relays and esp32 to power on devices and such.

Use raspberry pis with home assistant to do the work.

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