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

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

xkcd 927 in action right there.

Zigbee works just fine, but needs a hub to share out devices eg internet access or HomeKit. But it is quick. How thread compares remains to be seen.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Thread is basically the same thing, but with a different upper level layer (IP), lower lever is still 802.15.4

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