Local-First RF Architecture: Zigbee, Matter, and Thread Channel Coexistence
By Nora Thorne // IoT Architect & Smart Home Systems Specialist The smart home industry spent the last three years promising that Matter over Thread would eliminate the chaos of proprietary bridges and cloud lock-in. While the promise of an IPv6-addressable, local-first mesh protocol is architecturally sound, real-world deployments in 2026 frequently suffer from an…