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I think I'm confused about a different aspect of it than you think I'm confused about. I was under the impression that my KP125M Matter smart plug wouldn't be able to communicate directly with Thread devices (Matter or otherwise) because it didn't have the right kind of transceiver. On the side of the box it says it supports 802.11b/g/n along with bluetooth 4.2 for onboarding, which are not the same thing as the (checks Wikipedia) 802.15.4 that Thread apparently uses. Are you suggesting that my understanding is wrong, and that my KP125M would function as a Thread "Border Router" even though such functionality is advertised nowhere on the box or product webpage?
I wasn't even thinking about Thread <-> Thread interoperability between devices using different higher-level protocols. I don't think that will, err, matter to me much since I don't plan to get any Thread/HomeKit (etc.) devices, but it's neat to know!