My impression is that Matter over Wi-Fi is the de facto standard for new smart home devices and Matter over Thread is really only a thing for compatibility with legacy Thread-only devices that got a software update after Matter over Thread became a thing.

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Gigachad 2 days ago | parent [-]

That’s not the case at all. Matter over thread is newer. The latest range of ikea smart home stuff is all thread.

Thread has the advantage of consuming very low power so battery powered sensors and remotes can run for years. Wifi is only used because it doesn’t require buying a thread border router.

	▲	drdexebtjl a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I didn’t mean to imply Matter over Thread was older. Thread itself is older than Matter, and also older than the wave of cheap ESP32 based smart home devices. Wi-Fi is cheaper to implement both software- and hardware-wise if you don’t need the low-power requirements of Thread, most devices don’t, and the gap will be bridged by lower-powered Wi-Fi.
	▲	NekkoDroid 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The other advantage of Thread is that the devices don't need to directly communicate with a border router (I think Zigbee is also like that?) unlike Matter over WiFi, where it does need to communicate directly with an access point.