I’m looking for a Thread button or rotary encoder to control my smart lights, preferable under $15. It can be battery powered or wired. I have a border router across the house, within wifi range. Does anyone have any recommendations?
I’m looking for a Thread button or rotary encoder to control my smart lights, preferable under $15. It can be battery powered or wired. I have a border router across the house, within wifi range. Does anyone have any recommendations?
This uses Matter, not thread.
This is just a WiFi device using matter protocol
(It has very mixed reviews also)
Nah.
While they do use the Matter communication standard, these devices use the Thread protocol. The Venn diagram/conceptual model of how these interrelate is messy because Matter can run on both Thread or WiFi (depending on the hardware of the device), and Thread is a platform that supports multiple standards.
These remotes are Matter over Thread:
Oh good to know!
At least on my regional product page they don’t say Thread anywhere in the whole page.
I think I only knew that before I bought because I watched a review over them. I’m on the same page regarding IoT devices on WiFi. Needs must if I have to, but I keep a separate WiFi network for them, with different access rules.