{"id":11817,"date":"2022-08-07T15:10:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T15:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/07\/the-first-thread-motion-sensor-adds-much-needed-reliability-to-the-smart-home\/"},"modified":"2022-08-07T15:10:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T15:10:46","slug":"the-first-thread-motion-sensor-adds-much-needed-reliability-to-the-smart-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/07\/the-first-thread-motion-sensor-adds-much-needed-reliability-to-the-smart-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The first Thread motion sensor adds much-needed reliability to the smart home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23291203\/eve-motion-sensor-review-thread-homekit-matter<\/a>
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A smart home without sensors and automations is basically a remote-controlled home. Using your voice or an app to turn lights on isn\u2019t much easier (and in some cases is harder) than flicking on a light switch. Smart is when lights just turn on as you walk into a room. But when you walk in and they don\u2019t<\/em> turn on, that\u2019s worse. This common smart home frustration is something the Eve Motion Sensor ($39.99)<\/a>, with its shiny new Thread protocol on board, promises to fix.<\/p>\n

Thread is a mesh networking protocol<\/a> designed for the smart home. It claims to be faster, more reliable, and more energy-efficient than the current smart home protocols most sensors run on \u2014 Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, and Z-Wave. (Don\u2019t buy Wi-Fi motion sensors. They are not good.) While all of these protocols have mesh components, Thread\u2019s selling point is that it doesn\u2019t have a single point of failure in the form of a single hub or bridge devices need to connect to. <\/p>\n

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