HA and Homekit had support for the non-matter switchbot hub. There was an app and drivers for Hubitat that talk to the switchbot cloud and locally to the non-matter hub. They all had delay. My ThirdReality zigbee shades have a delay too, come to think of it.
Oh ok. I didn't realize there was an integration before matter. It really isn't a big deal with the delay it just isn't instantaneous like everything else.
Have any of you guys added the Switchbot devices to the notifier app or a rule to alert you of a low battery? The app will let me select the devices but the device info does not show a battery percentage or status so I didn't know if it would work or not.
Yesterday there was a 24h internet outage in my neighborhood (an utility post went up in flame). All day I could not activate my Switchbot Matter blinds/tilt from either HE nor HA. All my other Matter devices worked fine though. When the internet finally came back on, the blinds started working again.
What gives? Shouldn't Matter supposed to be local?
And it is, BUT Matter talks to their bridge. It sounds like the bridge requires cloud connectivity to operate the blinds, and that's not a Matter matter... pun intended.
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You are correct. The Switch Bot hub uses the cloud to activate the switch bot devices. Even though HE is communicating locally with the hub it still won't work if the Internet is out because the hub uses the cloud.
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