New Matter Over Thread Smart Switch Released
You would have thought that with the rumoured high entry price to Matter membership would deter many smaller companies, but that doesn’t seem to be the case, at least for SmartSetup. They’re currently selling smart Matter over Thread smart switches for the North American market.
Due to this, the switches are fully designed to replace standard single gang US rocker switches, using the ‘Decora’ style and dimensions. It’s important to note that these switches, like the equivalent switches from Eve, do require a neutral wire. If you have a neutral wire installed, these switches will then act as Thread Routers to extend your Thread network.
Because they use Matter over Thread, you’ll also need a Matter Controller and Thread Border Router, which is thankfully covered by nearly all of Apple’s current Home Hubs.
The company, based in Australia, also have their own app, although it’s only for their HomeKit products, not the Matter versions. The SmartSetup Matter over Thread switch is available on Amazon.com or Amazon.ca now for US$44.99/CA$59.99 respectively (price at time of this article).
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Excellent. Hoping they will develop a more affordable alternative to Inovelli’s dimmer switch.
It’s odd, how there are no reviews of this switch, not even on Amazon. And this switch is not listed on SmartSetup’s website.
Yes, I did notice it’s not on their site. I contacted them directly to make sure the company is in Australia, as I had a feeling, based on the switches they do list on their website that it was a Chinese company, but they definitely are based in Australia.
We are an Australian based Company and our products are manufactured in China.