That all makes sense. A few more questions, if you'll humor me:
Why not leverage an existing smart home mesh networking technology? I know the industry has made a hash of the whole Matter/Thread thing, so if the answer is "we didn't like the existing solutions" that's understandable to some extent.
That said, Zigbee seems like an obvious fit here. Adding resilient links to a vendor-agnostic smart home network seems like a selling point to me.
What features will and won't be available in the MQTT interface? Given this product's narrative revolves around resilience in the face of infrastructure failures, I'd hope that the app can use MQTT to provide a complete user experience even when the mothership can't be reached.
Why not leverage an existing smart home mesh networking technology? I know the industry has made a hash of the whole Matter/Thread thing, so if the answer is "we didn't like the existing solutions" that's understandable to some extent.
That said, Zigbee seems like an obvious fit here. Adding resilient links to a vendor-agnostic smart home network seems like a selling point to me.
What features will and won't be available in the MQTT interface? Given this product's narrative revolves around resilience in the face of infrastructure failures, I'd hope that the app can use MQTT to provide a complete user experience even when the mothership can't be reached.