SwitchBot’s new hub will support Matter
by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from The Verge - All Posts on (#67EZ0)
The Matter-enabled SwitchBot Hub 2 is also a temperature and humidity sensor. | Image: SwitchBot The smart home company SwitchBot, which makes tiny robots that can do things for you like press switches, turn locks, and open curtains, is introducing a new Matter-enabled hub. The $69 SwitchBot Hub 2 arrives in March and will work with all existing and new SwitchBot Bluetooth devices and enable those devices that are supported by the new smart home standard to work with Matter.
A major upgrade to the existing Switch Bot Hub Mini, the new hub looks like a combination of the Mini and Switchbot's Meter Plus temperature sensor. It has the same built-in thermo-hygrometer to measure temperature and humidity, plus a large LED display. It's powered by AC and connects to Wi-Fi.
Image: SwitchBot A rendering of the new...