It’s easy for the 2.4 GHz spectrum to get crowded and suffer issues. That’s because Z-Wave runs on a different radio frequency-908.42 MHz-while both ZigBee and most Wi-Fi smarthome devices communicate over 2.4 GHz. are less prone to interference issues than either Wi-Fi or ZigBee. You’ll notice a dramatic difference between the time you send a command and it happens, like turning on the lights. And when you control your smarthome locally, it also works faster. This means that even when the internet is down, you can still control your smarthome. You need dedicated apps, and the closest you can get to a centralized experience is syncing your devices with Alexa or Google.īut with the right hub, like Hubitat, Homeseer, or OpenHab, you can create a smarthome that doesn’t rely on the cloud. All Wi-Fi smarthome gadgets depend on the cloud to work. When you build a smarthome, you have to ask yourself how much you want the cloud involved. Z-Wave and ZigBee: The Kings of Local Processing Hubitat But not all things are equal between the protocols.
Now, for every Z-Wave Lock on the market, there’s a Wi-Fi alternative, often from the same manufacturer. It seemed that every smarthome manufacturer touted Google and Alexa integration, and focused on Wi-Fi radios instead of Z-Wave or ZigBee. But that changed this year-a fact that was evident at CES.
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