Smart home company SwitchBot is preparing a new Matter-enabled smart hub called the SwitchBot Hub 3, according to a ...

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but using Bluetooth as an IoT network often requires proxy nodes as support devices, whereas Zigbee can communicate directly from the sensor to a hub like Home Assistant. Other Zigbee devices ...

BT 4.1 maintains connections with less manual intervention, and devices can be both client and hub at the same time, enabling Bluetooth devices to communicate with each other. Prior to BT 4.1 ...

providing a more frictionless entry point for people who weren't quite ready to go all-in on a Zigbee-based system or eat the extra expense of buying a hub. For folks who rely on Bluetooth to ...