I am a noob to home automation but I have a few Kasa light switches that I like. The Kasa switches connect via wifi and Google is able to interact with them. I am also interested in some smartblinds (maybe Smartwings) and I notice they REQUIRE a hub. I understand they are Zigbee over wifi. Why do some devices require a hub and others don’t?

  • ankole_watusi@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Because Zigbee, Zwave, BLE, and various proprietary RF data transmission schemes aren’t WiFi.

    • fahim-sabir@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      This last bit is important. Very astute and well articulated. I would have never have thought to mention that.

      Well done @ankole_watusi 🙏