Just curious, for those that are using any of these devices what has your experience been? Would be interested in your thoughts when using them with Home Assistant. I have not pulled the trigger on any Matter devices myself, the protocol until recently did not look to polished and just not ready for prime time IMO.
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I’ve successfully integrated Matter / WiFi devices into my Home Assistant, but don’t have any Thread devices yet. The Matter devices I do have work really well in HA, even devices (like some Govee lights) that the HA community indicated I’d have problems with. I also have some Tapo outlets and light switches. I use HA in docker, managed with docker compose. All of my Matter devices respond quickly, and I actually try to not integrate them with vendor apps. I just want to see how long I can get by with local-only connectivity.
Though I have an Aqara M3 and an Apple TV, I purchased the ZBT-2 recently for future use of Thread. That would help me integrate a U400 which I’m thinking about getting.
Lastly, I’m able to share all of my Matter devices from HA to HomeKit.
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In the beginning I had issues with matter devices from different brands. Since I tend to be an early adopter that’s something I just had to deal with. Over time I started to realize which were the problem devices and I removed them from my smart home. Now all the matter devices I have I can share from my platforms and they run smoothly. Every matter device I have in Home Assistant work flawlessly
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That’s sounds great. One of my fears is I start switching out my devices and they don’t work/ work well/ or are worse than what I replaced them with. I like to get in early on certain items so I feel your pain. Good to hear it is working well.
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Have you had the opportunity to test the ZBT-2 at all?
I use Matter on many of my devices. you have to be careful with Google Home and Apple home conflicting if you have both in your house from my experience.
I really want to prioritize thread devices, but there’s been a really slim roll out of device devices that include thread from what I found so far.
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Actually when it comes to Thread and Matter I have zero problems with Home Assistant. If I do have issues it’s with the manufactures app on iOS.
When I open Home Assistant the device seems to be working just fine and shows no issues.
For me the biggest headache is how each company implements Matter differently and they have different install processes.
Yeah it’s getting better (maybe) or I’m getting more used to goofy processes and they are wearing me down.
When using Matter and Thread you should not need to install the manufactures app/create another account in order to install the device.
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I’m trying to everything to matter/thread as devices become available.
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Well I Won’t use apple stuff so for me that is not a issue. 
The different install processes is a issue I seem to hear/see a lot, correct me if I am wrong but I thought if you were using a thread router /device that was supposed to fix that issue? That may be 100% wrong, since I have not starting switching over I am clueless.
Have you had the opportunity to test the ZBT-2 at all?
It just arrived today according to my doorbell camera. I assume it will work flawlessly in HA since it is designed and built by Nabu Casa.