Saw this interview on the verge https://www.theverge.com/24349390/matter-csa-thread-group-wifi-alliance-interview-2025. Curious on the real world changes we'll see throughout the year on reliability with multicast and thread interoperability. On the positive side it looks like all current border routers will get a thread 1.4 update
#Future of matter discussion
shadow tusk
warm finch
The Verge actually linked to one of my comments about the bad shape of it all.
Border routers interoperability are an absolute mess, TREL doesn't do what it promises and many home network gear is flawed with regards to IPV6 and/or multicast. In a perfect world where all the conditions are ideal it works great but it will take years before it will be what it promises in every household.
shadow tusk
Just read through your comment to avoid matter 1.0 devices. Is there an easy way to see which matter version a product uses. The aqara p2 door sensor is what falls off my network the most often and I remember it came out pretty early into Matter so I'm guessing that might be a 1.0 device. Wasn't fully sure because I know aqara joined works with home assistant so maybe it's newer
warm finch
Just read through your comment to avoid matter 1.0 devices. Is there an easy way...
Best way to tell is by inspecting the CSA registry of certification:
https://csa-iot.org/csa-iot_products/
Early versions of the P2 sensor had 1.0 firmware but I believe newer ones have 1.1 but not sure if they provide the update on DCL. I'll ask. You're sure the sensor is well within reach ? Because the only issue I'm aware of with the early P2 sensors is battery drain, which was solved in the newer firmware
shadow tusk
It used to happen more often but no so much anymore the sensor is pretty close to the border router. I looked into the firmware a bit and it looks like you need their M3 hub to update the sensors which is annoying. But I'll keep in eye for when they disconnect again and see if I can find the log at that time. Haven't had any battery issues that I can tell though
shadow tusk
Early versions of the P2 sensor had 1.0 firmware but I believe newer ones have 1...
Can confirm I ordered a new sensor on Amazon and it came with firmware 1.0.1.1 which is matter 1.2. Kind of annoying they don't provide the firmware on DCL. Going to try to reach out to them and see if they'll replace the sensors I've already bought since they seem stuck on the older firmware