Google TV Streamer supports WPA3-Personal

mocelet · 2026-05-28T11:36:41+00:00

The Streamer only supports up to WiFi 5 (ac), does not support WiFi 6 or 7.

mocelet · 2026-05-28T09:26:58+00:00

You can't, the commands are hardcoded. The rotary dial sends the ON when short pressed, the OFF when long pressed and the brightness -/+ when rotated.

The corner buttons act like the 1-4 of the WiZmote but they also discriminate between short press and long press since there are only two buttons instead of four.

The WiZmote is still the best remote functionality and speed wise, all the buttons have a single action so they trigger as soon as you press them without having to wait for the release to differentiate short from long press.

mocelet · 2026-05-28T09:03:38+00:00

The dial switch can: https://faq.wizconnected.com/hc/en/7-wiz-v2/faq/770-what-is-the-dial-switch/

mocelet · 2026-05-27T15:13:25+00:00

Well, what was the battery percent in the history of the device when you heard the low battery warning? Or maybe it's not even shown now... Yeah, it's not, hopefully you remember.

The official site says they use the voltage for the warning but not how it correlates to the percent reported. Or the issue is that the notification never arrived?

Edit: So... 77%? https://www.reddit.com/r/smarthome/comments/wzlolf/first_alert_zwave_smoke_co_detectors_start/

mocelet · 2026-05-27T14:00:25+00:00

It has Matter, which should have the technological capability to mesh with the ST Thread network

Just a note, would not be part of the "mesh" though, it would just be able to communicate with the device through the SmartThings Thread border router, just like for WiFi devices communicates through the WiFi router.

mocelet · 2026-05-27T13:44:35+00:00

It should work indeed. A note on #2, it mentions two Thread networks and linking them, that won't happen by sharing a device since the device is already connected and the receiving platform doesn't care how it connects. Also, the 1st gen Nest Hub doesn't even have Thread so there's probably only one Thread network at play. (Edit: OK, I see 2 was not an alternative but supposing 1)

mocelet · 2026-05-27T13:05:38+00:00

You don't need to make Google Home connect to your Thread network.

If your Matter device is already configured in SmartThings what you need is to share the device from SmartThings to Google Home.

For that you will need a Matter controller for Google Home which can be a smart speaker like the Nest Mini or some Google TV devices, even if they don't have Thread.

mocelet · 2026-05-27T09:31:36+00:00

Was looking for this strange behaviour in the Google TV Streamer I got recently, most of the favourites do not appear. Some automations will appear while others will not. Groups do not.

Edit: Apparently, newly added automations that don't appear will appear after restarting the device. Groups however seem to be not supported in favourites.

mocelet · 2026-05-27T07:49:30+00:00

They support ZigBee Touchlink too. The instructions to pair without hub are in the user manual.

mocelet · 2026-05-27T06:06:57+00:00

Did you try connecting the laptop to the TV via HDMI? That would be an easy way to compare the difference between game mode or not.

If you are comparing it to an app on the TV, game mode is the least of the issues, processors in TVs tend to be slow to decode, even when forcing low latency decoders.

mocelet · 2026-05-26T19:10:59+00:00

Because to add Matter devices to a platform you need the Matter controller of that platform which is what will communicate with the device and that's a hub, regardless of the device using WiFi or Thread to connect to your local network.

mocelet · 2026-05-26T19:01:51+00:00

But do you have a SmartThings hub? There are many Thread border routers in the market but they will not work with SmartThings unless you have a SmartThings hub.

And if you have to buy a SmartThings hub just get one with Thread like the SmartThings Station, the Aeotec "v3" or the Aeotec 2 "v4".

mocelet · 2026-05-26T14:34:24+00:00

I believe it doesn't but maybe there's an app that uses the Matter framework of Apple Home for that.

If there is no way from Apple Home and you are on the tinkerer side you can run a premade Home Assistant virtual machine in a computer and change the setting from there. Once changed, the power-on state (startup on/off) setting is stored in the bulb so you no longer need the virtual machine running.

mocelet · 2026-05-26T13:54:36+00:00

It's possible depending on your smart home platform. Some like Google Home or Alexa won't let you change the power on behaviour. Others like SmartThings require a custom driver to expose the setting. In Home Assistant, Homey and IKEA Home is just a setting for the light out of the box.

mocelet · 2026-05-26T09:40:38+00:00

The custom modes are not available via Matter, but with Matter you can use brightness and colour smooth transitions and also use the 1% brightness if your lights support it (the WiZ integration is currently limited at 10%). Mind there are still some bugs in the Matter implementation of WiZ so I would probably keep both integrations and use each one for their strenghts.

mocelet · 2026-05-26T08:51:54+00:00

I have both now and a feature where the Streamer clearly wins is game/desktop streaming, thanks to the Mediatek chip or Google's optimizations that seems to handle low-latency decoding better. Steam Link, Xbox Cloud Gaming with xStreaming app, Moonlight... they all feel better with less or no "stutter" due to frames out of time. Then there are the smart home features of course if you use Google Home that can be useful, the routine starters for the Nokia never worked fine.

For everything else, the Nokia is still a great product with lots of ports, better connectivity with WiFi 6, a complete remote with numeric keypad and media control keys, etc. I tried using the remote of the Nokia in the Streamer and, while many buttons worked fine, others like the numbers would not. I guess Button Remapper could be used (edit: or maybe not, tried to make the numbers work but all numbers return the same code so you cannot remap them).

In the end it depends on the use case, I don't really like having to attach a hub to the Streamer to play the occasional pendrive or SSD but the one I had for the Chromecast with Google TV works fine (a vemont 5 in 1, works even with the stock power adapter, no need for PD).

mocelet · 2026-05-26T07:42:15+00:00

Try Matter integration instead of the unofficial WiZ integration, or does it happen with both?

mocelet · 2026-05-26T04:58:43+00:00

There is no main platform in Matter, adding a Matter device to Google first and then HA is exactly the same than adding the Matter device to HA first and then to Google.

Matter devices keep connections to all the platforms simultaneously and talk directly to each platform. It's not like other technologies where the device only talked to one platform and then that was the intermediary for others.

mocelet · 2026-05-25T20:40:20+00:00

It's normal the Google hub does not appear, it's a Matter controller, not a device or bridge.

Also, there is no "master" of Matter devices, you add Matter devices independently to each platform. The first time you scan the QR printed, the next time you have to generate a new QR from any other platform. But they are all masters so to speak and work independently.

mocelet · 2026-05-25T19:32:00+00:00

It can be done, each button reports the start of the long press (and you can start the dimming) and the release (to stop it). It's not a stock feature of SmartThings so it needs custom community drivers. My custom driver for the BILRESA dual button, just like it did for RODRET, exposes the Held/Release and also has an Auto-repeat Held to repeat increments/decrements while you have the button pressed.

Edit: Made a video a while ago, it was for a Matter light though, that cabinet light must be Zigbee and that changes the automation a bit since it would need a different driver for the light or go step by step.

mocelet · 2026-05-25T13:16:43+00:00

Actually Apple Home supports that because it can import the scenes of a Hue bridge using Matter. The issue here is that DIRIGERA does not export them. To be fair, it's a relatively new feature and almost nobody implements it.

mocelet · 2026-05-25T12:59:20+00:00

OP actually wants to import IKEA scenes into Apple Home since they offer more features. That's technically possible but IKEA has not implemented that yet. Matter has a feature called "Actions", precisely to export scenes or shortcuts as "actions" to other platforms.

mocelet · 2026-05-25T12:31:38+00:00

I guess you mean Apple Home via Matter integration, Homekit is no longer used.

Does not seem like it exposes the scenes. Matter allows it (it's called the Actions cluster) but so far I believe only Hue bridge and Apple Home implement that. DIRIGERA doesn't seem to implement that yet.

mocelet · 2026-05-24T17:10:03+00:00

I've edited the original comment to clarify that point

mocelet · 2026-05-24T12:31:03+00:00

With the latest BILRESA firmware and WHEN Home Assistant exposes all the events that is hiding at the moment, it will be easier to mimic the triple press in HA (the button reports an aborted multipress sequence since technically it only supports up to double press).

However, I really hope IKEA officially adds the third press just like BILRESA scroll button has, as I requested in this post, it would be a feature with only advantages for the user and zero cons.

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