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Brilliant’s new smart home controller makes it easier to put a touchscreen on your wall (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Emperor to c/smarthomes

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cross-posted from: https://radiation.party/post/80931

[ sourced from The Verge ]

The articles summary

THE GOOD

Easy to install

Responsive touchscreen

Intuitive interface

Built-in motion sensor

Alexa voice control

Works with Ring, Google Nest, Sonos, Hue, Ecobee, and SmartThings

THE BAD

Expensive

Lacking some integrations

No Siri or Google Assistant

Some devices can be sluggish to respond

No Matter support

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[–] Emperor 1 points 1 year ago

In many ways, this device is part of the promise of Matter. If we had the open, interoperable smart home with no walled gardens that Matter is designed to achieve, a device like Brilliant would be, well, brilliant. As it stands, we’re just not there yet.

The last paragraph seems to sum a lot up.