The iPhone could be a Thread border router, but it probably shouldn’t be

The iPhone could control Thread smart home devices faster

Thread could replace Bluetooth as a way to connect peripherals like the Apple Watch to your iPhone

Thread would be fine for most smartwatch uses but not for audio streaming

Thread might just be a bonus radio

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      Thread is a Smart Home protocol. It’s like Zigbee and Z-Wave but different. Hopefully it’s actually going to become the real winner in the smart home world along with Matter.

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          Pretty much everything produced by Eve (besides their cameras) and Nanoleaf is connected via Thread. They were once only available for the Apple ecosystem but since the Matter standards were released they have been venturing out. Thread is relatively new but it’s use in new devices will only grow. Thread and Zigbee use the same wireless protocol (IEEE 802.15.4) but differs from Zigbee products for it doesn’t require individual homehubs for each separate company. Thread products also benefit from power consumption that is similar to that of Bluetooth but has a range on par with Wi-Fi. Thread device also act as gateways or a tunnels for passing along commands to other Thread devices on the Thread network so where each additional Wi-Fi based device further burdens the network each additional Thread device only strengthens it. Needless to say I’m a fan of Thread.

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            If you want to support a lot of devices in a dense apartment building with wifi you pretty much want everybody to have MU-MIMO capable access points and IoT gear. Otherwise you’re hogging spectrum.

            (It’s not like other protocols aren’t also affected, but at least they don’t compete with people’s internet traffic)

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    Cool. I didn’t realize Thread was it’s own radio standard, and separate from Bluetooth. Makes sense!

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      I was under the impression that Thread / Matter is not an apple thing at all but effectively a new-ish common standard?

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        Yes, it’s basically a new standard that sits next to WiFi and Bluetooth. All three have strengths and weaknesses for different applications.

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        For those wondering what was removed here: lemmy.ml had an automatic slur filter that will remove, amongst others, the word for a female dog.

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          That’s stupid as hell. There are all-women groups that call themselves ‘bitches’ like “The Godless Bitches”. Is lemmy.ml going to censor them too? This white-knighting BS has to stop.

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          Whoa, was it applied? I don’t see that in my instance. Interesting.

          I wasn’t calling anyone the label. I agree that use is toxic. I was using the plural verb.

          But now I’m ponding how silly the distinction might be to some people. 🤔

          • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.ml
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            Re: the plural … The filter also removes variants

            And yea the filter can seem a bit silly. I for one don’t mind it, especially for a small open source platform like this platform … it provides some basic moderation baseline without much effort

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      Ignoring that the point of Matter (which is so far not happening effectively) is to be a standard shared by all the major providers for smart stuff, this doesn’t mean they’re removing Bluetooth.

      It means Bluetooth is a dumpster fire and they’re switching their stuff to use better tech.