I’m choosing devices based on how good they work with zha and HA and usually have to browse a bit before settling for something. If they manage to implement this properly, I’m all here for it.
Maybe they should talk to the zigbee device compatibility repository people (or maybe they already have).
I’m also a little concerned about matter devices, because they all seem to require an app setup, and that app is not open source, and so I don’t have the desire to install that app on my device, ever. My home assistant just finds my Zigbee device and I don’t have to have any closed source proprietary applications to connect them.
Yeah, good point. The “app setup” is built into android and iOS as far as I can tell (generating matter credentials, etc.). Better than 3rd party IMHO but not ideal, and a nonstarter for a lot of folks. Hopefully HA will come out with their own onboarding process at some point.