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📦 Product featured SmartWings Roller Shade — https://bit.ly/3REiA12 🧵 Can you trust Thread in 2025? I’ve spent the last 4 months building out my Thread network — from switches to smoke detectors — and today, we’re putting a sleepy end Thread device to the ultimate test: a battery-powered smart shade from SmartWings installed deep in my basement office. Far from any border router. This is a follow-up to an early video, Thread Explained using Level Lock and Nanoleaf. Today we look at how much Thread has matured and how this SmartWings Matter over Thread shade fits into the bigger picture. Along the way, I cover: A few of Thread’s early pitfalls Why Matter over Wi-Fi is still preferred by the masses What it’s like installing and living with the SmartWings shade Why visibility, self-healing, and smart placement matter for Thread What we might expect from Thread in the years ahead 🧠 This is part review, part check-in, part tech therapy session. Welcome. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 – Intro 00:23 – What I’ve built (and why I’m no expert) 01:10 – Thread's 3 biggest historical problems 02:14 -- Thread Today 02:27 – The SmartWings Roller Shade 03:10 – Why this shade should have failed (but didn’t) 03:40 – Reassessing the earlier Thread issues 04:56 – The SmartWings review + final thoughts #smarthome #matter #thread #applehome #smartwings #homekit #rollershades #smartshades #homeautomation #techreview #ThreadNetwork #inovelli #EveHome #diysmarthome