Matter and Thread represent the future of smart homes by establishing a robust and interoperable framework for connected devices. Matter facilitates seamless compatibility across diverse brands, while Thread's low-power mesh networking ensures reliable communication. Together, they empower a more intuitive, efficient, and secure smart home experience for users.
Matter is a universal smart home standard that ensures devices from different manufacturers communicate securely and seamlessly, regardless of brand. Matter offers local connectivity between the devices without relying on the cloud, giving you the flexibility to securely control your devices from all major platforms including Apple, Google, and Amazon, among others.
Thread is a low-power, wireless mesh networking protocol purpose-built for smart homes. Thread creates a robust, self-healing network where devices communicate without relying on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or ZigBee. Thread ensures scalability, security, energy efficiency, and reliability, while seamlessly integrating with larger IP networks without needing proprietary gateways, or hubs.
Matter and Thread work together like a common language and the road system. If Matter is the language enabling devices from different brands to communicate, ensuring devices understand each other, Thread is the road network that carries those messages between these devices over a reliable, low-power pathways, without needing Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
Thread is an upgrade over ZigBee.
Matter-enabled devices are a breeze to integrate into your smart home. Every member of your family can control your smart home using their preferred voice assistant or app, whether it's through an iPhone, Android device, Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant. Matter works seamlessly across platforms, giving you complete flexibility and will remain future-proof in the years to come.
Thread-enabled devices provide a smoother, more reliable experience than WiFi. With Thread, you avoid common WiFi issues like device drops and slow responses. It's highly energy-efficient, making battery-powered sensors last longer. Thread also uses a self-healing mesh network, ensuring consistent connectivity even if one device fails, keeping your smart home responsive and efficient.
Start by adding a hub to your home that supports both Thread and Matter. When selecting the right hub, choose the platform (Apple/Amazon/Google) that best suits your needs for managing and controlling your smart home devices.
You might already have a hub in your home that supports Matter & Thread!
Easily add devices to your smart home using the Hommi app, Apple Home, Google Home, Alexa, or other compatible platforms. These applications streamline the integration process, ensuring seamless connectivity and efficient performance across your smart home ecosystem.
To control your Hommi's devices from another platform, you’ll need a hub for that platform. This hub only needs to support Matter (Matter Controller), as Thread is already available through your existing hub (From previous step). The devices listed below serve as Matter Controllers for their respective platforms.
Hommi Hub H25 (Upcoming)
Apple TV 4K (3rd gen, 128 GB)
HomePod (2nd gen)
HomePod mini
Nest Hub (2nd gen)
Nest Hub Max
Echo (4th gen)
Echo Plus (2nd gen)
Echo Show 10 (3rd gen)
Echo Studio
