That sounds like a kickstarter pitch from a software guy.
Unfortunately, hardware is hard. Those ācheap chipsā are radios, and designing a box that can hold multiple radios of multiple protocols and still process all the messages is really hard.
Thereās a reason neither Lowes nor smartthings turned on their Bluetooth antennas After initial set up. And even wink only uses Bluetooth with one device.
Running Wi-Fi, thread, zigbee, and Bluetooth all together all behind a big metal box like a refrigerator or a television is going to require a lot of engineering. Nobody has done it yet.
Iām not saying it will never be done, but I am saying itās not easy.
Like one of my engineering professors used to say, āphysics matters.ā Itās not about what you can draw on a page, itās about what you can run in real life.
I havenāt seen anything yet that says there are going to be zwave or zigbee radios inside the new galaxy home smart speaker. Iām not saying they wonāt be, but I wouldnāt assume that there will be. I know, I know: āthey called it a hubā But they called the refrigerator a hub, also, and it just has Wi-Fi.
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Didnāt mean to imply it is āeasyā.
In fact, this is likely a case of upper management envisioning it, and just saying āget it doneā, regardless of the pushback from engineering.
Kinda like a certain CEO assumed (and felt comfortable unambiguously promising) SmartThings V1 to V2 migration could be implemented within 4 months of Hub V2 release.
Soā¦ Iām outlining what I believe is Samsungās intended strategy. Hopefully they have enough āPlans Bā while working on the challenges.
Yes. There are significant technical improvements, particularly in the area of security. Itās not enough for most people to want to change from a V2 to a V3 if the V2 was working well, but it does mean that someone looking at the two side-by-side would probably choose the V3.
See the current active discussion, which includes some staff comments.
The 2018 hub has a slower processor and less memory. Not sure how would that affect the performance though. Side by side comparison is need before we can tell which one is better.
There are significant technical improvements, particularly in the area of security. Itās not enough for most people to want to change from a V2 to a V3 if the V2 was working well, but it does mean that someone looking at the two side-by-side would probably choose the V3.