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The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will have built-in Thread radio. (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will have built-in Thread radio, so they can directly communicate with smart home devices. Old iPhones could probably be used as a smart home hub.

I think this the most interesting update of the event.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So is this another zwave or zigbee alternative?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

So is this another zwave or zigbee alternative?

Kind of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_(network_protocol)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Not sure about Z-Wave, but the ZigBee Alliance promotes Thread as ZigBee's successor. A lot of Thread devices are backwards compatible with ZigBee.