Hey all,
With the announcement of the new Thread/Matter switch, I wanted to share a quick chart that will highlight the differences between the various switches. I’m going to use the 2-1 as a benchmark as this will be the first switch that will have all three protocols implemented.
| Description | Red Series | Blue Series | White Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protocol | Z-Wave | Zigbee | Thread w/Matter |
| Upgradeable to Matter | No | Yes1 | N/A (included) |
| Works with SmartThings | Yes | Yes | Yes2 |
| Works with Home Assistant | Yes3 | Yes3 | Yes3 |
| Works with Hubitat | Yes | Yes | Yes4 |
| Works with Amazon Echo | No | Yes5 | Yes6 |
| Works with Google Home Hub | No | No | Yes |
| Works with Apple HomeKit | No | No | Yes |
| Works with Philips Hue | No | No | TBD7 |
| Animated Notifications | Yes | Yes | TBD8 |
| Multi-Tap Scene Control | Yes | Yes | TBD9 |
| Smart Bulb Mode | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Associations/Bindings | Yes | Yes | TBD10 |
1. Will require a wiring harness at this time
2. SmartThings only supports Thread on their V3 hubs and their new Smart Station
3. Requires a Z-Wave (Red Series), Zigbee (Blue Series) or Thread (White Series) compatible dongle
4. Only available on the C8
5. Only works on Zigbee enabled Echo’s
6. Only works on Thread enabled Echo’s
7. In theory it should work via Matter integration, but we haven’t tested it as of yet
8. At this time, this switch does not support Animated Notifications - we will work to add this in and at the very least we will provide a way to change the LED bar color
9. At this time, this switch does not support Multi-Tap scene control - we plan to add this, but cannot promise it when the switch launches
10. There is a Matter Binding command-class, but we haven’t tested it enough to make the claim
I’ll add more to this as we know more about the Thread specs.