Your Smart Home is WAY Better Today!

That's right, your smart home just got fixed. You got everything you wanted, including a Google Home Zigbee Hub or an Apple HomePod Mini Zigbee Hub. Whatever you wanted, for whatever reason, you just got it and I now declare your smart home fixed.

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Of course it'll be some time yet before we see this new standard come out, but it's being worked on by the CSA (Connectivity Standards Alliance) and it's called Zigbee Direct.

That's right, #GoogleHomeZigbee is going to be a thing. Actually, all your smart speakers will be Zigbee hubs soon with #ZigbeeDirect coming out in early 2022, and the #Matter standard coming out later in 2021.

Here's the link to the announcement from the CSA - https://zigbeealliance.org/news_and_articles/connectivity-standards-alliances-zigbee-direct-feature-in-development/

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Brian