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

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[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago

Thread is a network layer thing, comparable to WiFi or Bluetooth. Matter is an application later thing, comparable to HomeKit or Google home.

Zigbee is both network and application layer.

This article has a decent overview https://www.smarthomeperfected.com/zigbee-vs-thread/

this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2025

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