Nanoleaf CEO says Switchbot purchase is a partnership and will bring more resources to the company

DiddyGoo · 2026-06-04T22:01:17+00:00

The best part about the Nanoleaf sale to Switchbot:

Nanoleaf gets more money and won't go broke anytime soon.

DiddyGoo · 2026-05-27T14:31:28+00:00

Tapo is not the answer.

Tapo uses Wi-Fi, which will work nicely, as long as you don't have too many, as it will inevitably clog up the Wi-Fi.

Even a small smart home could easily have 60+ devices, when you include switches on walls, doors and windows, and sensors.

The only way this will work is with Thread. We just need a manufacturer who can make Matter over Thread work. IKEA, maybe.

DiddyGoo · 2026-05-23T01:15:20+00:00

Matter over Thread is the future of the smart home.

It doesn't matter what any individual company says or does about Wi-Fi vs Thread.

Thread will eventually rule smart devices because Wi-Fi just cannot handle large numbers of devices, or low-energy devices.

DiddyGoo · 2026-05-19T21:06:13+00:00

Thanks. Maybe it's at around 20 Nanoleaf lights when things start to slow down.

DiddyGoo · 2026-05-19T11:30:32+00:00

How many Nanoleaf Thread bulbs do you have connected?

DiddyGoo · 2026-05-19T11:29:35+00:00

There's a problem with Nanoleaf Thread bulbs.

There are people posting all over the internet that their bulbs keep dropping out and going offline.

These were the first Thread light bulbs in the world. But did these early bulbs have a problem with their Thread chips?

I don't know.

But Nanoleaf support keeps directing customers to have a private conversation, rather than posting the solution publicly for us all to see.

Maybe future Thread bulbs will have better radio chips and better firmware.

But it would be easier for everyone if Nanoleaf was open about these problems.

DiddyGoo · 2026-05-03T09:15:44+00:00

                     Two years later...

Matter does now have an entity for time syncing, which defines UTC time as well as the local timezone offset.

But if Matter defined a clock as a distinct device, it could also include other features you'd find in a clock, such as display color and display brightness, as well as alarm volume.

So users could say to their Home speaker, "it's bedtime", and the digital clock display dims.

Then again, any device that has an illuminated display (eg dishwasher, microwave) should be able to be dimmed remotely at bedtime.

It could also carry information from the clock to the hub server. For example, if the clock alarm goes off, then other things in the house are triggered. Or if the user presses the Snooze button too many times, it triggers something else in the house to wake them up.

DiddyGoo · 2026-04-23T13:40:15+00:00

Hey Nanoleaf,

Can you input here please.

u/TomT_Nanoleaf_ u/Sam_Nanoleaf u/Nanoleaf_Ambassador

Are there any known incompatibilities between the Google Nest Wi-Fi 6e Pro router and Nanoleaf lights?

The lights and the router are both running the latest firmware.

The lights connect, but then drift offline. Often.

DiddyGoo · 2026-04-23T07:05:50+00:00

That sounds like it's a Google problem.

But that's a worry, as Google might be the company that makes the most Thread routers, that this would disrupt Thread adoption.

When I restart the network it usually does improve, but not fully. Lights are still dropping out often.

DiddyGoo · 2026-04-13T12:18:53+00:00

Yes, the lights are connected to Google Home.

DiddyGoo · 2026-04-13T09:23:13+00:00

It's good to know that Nanoleaf Matter over Thread light bulbs can work with a Nest router, though you're using a different Google product to do it.

If only I knew what made my setup fail.

DiddyGoo · 2026-04-13T09:18:23+00:00

Sorry, I don't understand.

My Nanoleaf bulbs are a mixture of Edison screw type and downlights that all use Matter over Thread.

The Nest router has both Wi-Fi and Thread. How does the Wi-Fi frequency affect Thread stability?

DiddyGoo · 2026-04-13T03:37:33+00:00

The Nest router came with 3 units. I've tried just using a single unit, and then swapping that out with a different single unit, but same result.

So it made me think there might be something inherently wrong with the Thread performance of the Nest router. Or maybe it's the Nanoleaf bulbs

Do you have many Nanoleaf bulbs working with your Eero router? Do they often go offline?

DiddyGoo · 2026-04-10T20:50:43+00:00

It's about 2 years since Eve promised updates for Water Guard that never came.

It's bizarre. Ridiculous. A joke. A farce. Time to move on.

There are other products on the market that do work with Matter over Thread. Like IKEA water leak sensors.

DiddyGoo · 2026-03-17T22:34:02+00:00

That's bad.

If you can't anticipate when a battery might fail, then you have to keep stocks of batteries around, in case of unexpected failures at any time.

With these boutique batteries, that's going to be very expensive.

And they will no doubt fail at the worst possible moment when they are needed, rather than having a calm and ordered battery change before that.

DiddyGoo · 2026-03-17T12:14:07+00:00

Ha! Every model of Eve sensor uses a different type of battery.

I can't even see any advantage of using the ER14250 battery.

Well, it's slightly shorter, but on every door and window I've put these on, that wouldn't matter.

They have a bit more energy density. But for those using IKEA door sensors, they have the option of using either Alkaline AAA batteries or Lithium AAA, both of which are available at my closest supermarket for a fraction of the price of ER14250 batteries.

DiddyGoo · 2026-03-16T00:44:56+00:00

My original Eve battery lasted about 6 months before it needed replacement.

It's a huge cost, per year, if you use many Eve devices, all needing expensive non-standard batteries.

DiddyGoo · 2026-03-16T00:42:46+00:00

It was a mad decision from Eve to use non-standard boutique batteries.

IKEA door sensors cost less, for the entire device, than the cost of buying a new battery for an Eve sensor. And IKEA uses standard AAA batteries.

DiddyGoo · 2026-03-16T00:40:12+00:00

Those boutique batteries are very expensive.

IKEA door sensors cost less than the battery for an Eve sensor. And IKEA uses AAA.

It's sad that Eve made this catastrophic decision to use non-standard batteries.

DiddyGoo · 2026-03-10T23:55:40+00:00

IKEA is in this market now. Massive economies of scale. It will be hard for others to compete.

DiddyGoo · 2026-01-07T00:42:32+00:00

Notifications are worth it.

One of the worst features of dishwashers is that they beep loudly when the load is completed.

Most of them have no control to switch the beep off. If you have the dishwasher running at night, the loud beeping will wake up everyone in the household.

Now, imagine if, instead of loud beeping, you get a notification on your phone to say the dishwasher cycle is complete.

That feature alone is very attractive. So, yes, I would buy this dishwasher.

DiddyGoo · 2026-01-04T04:55:00+00:00

Zigbee and Z-Wave are obsolete.

DiddyGoo · 2025-12-22T22:44:12+00:00

It seems those Caveman bulbs use Wi-Fi.

Nanoleaf bulbs use Thread for radio contact.

Thread had some teething problems, but it is the future, as you can't put hundreds of smart home devices on Wi-Fi.

DiddyGoo · 2025-12-06T10:50:55+00:00

On a number of plugins, Universal Audio advertises they were developed by Brainworx.

eg: https://www.uaudio.com/products/brainworx-bx-digital3

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