Is Zigbee Dying? The Truth About The King of the Smart Home Protocols

This video discusses Zigbee, a wireless protocol that has been powering smart homes for over 20 years, addressing concerns about it being a dying technology. We explore concepts like mesh network and the challenges of wifi interference and pairing devices. Despite these, Zigbee continues to be a core component of iot communication and home automation, especially with the announcement of Zigbee 4.0 enhancing secure and interoperable iot networking. # Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:50 Zigbee in a nutshell 02:54 A Quick History of Zigbee 04:45 Zigbee Terminology 08:26 How I use Zigbee 10:02 The Gotchas 14:22 Da Rules 16:22 Is Zigbee dying? 19:53 Outro Get your own Foxy's Lab mug! https://shop.foxyslab.com/en-gbp/products/neon-lab-mug # Links mentions in this video SMLIGHT SLZB-MR2: https://amzn.to/4d03cpR Sonoff ZBDongle-E: https://amzn.to/3P3JfXb USB-2 Extensions cable: https://amzn.to/48ysBWs Z2M Docs: https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/supported-devices/ What the Heck is Zigbee2MQTT?!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZwzQI25K78 What the Heck is Node-RED?!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl56Z4mTYoQ What the Heck is MQTT?!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2fsPOmcdTQ What the Heck is Home Assistant?!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLupKqxYcaw --- # My links: My website: https://www.foxyslab.com My blog: https://foxleigh.me Discord: https://discord.gg/tPdaADbM2N Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/foxyslab LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfoxleigh/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/foxleigh81 GitHub: https://github.com/foxleigh81 # Gear + stuff I use My studio kit, homelab builds and recommended gear are listed here: https://www.foxyslab.com/resources # Support the channel If you like my videos and want to help me keep making more of them, Patreon is the best way. You also get Discord roles, behind-the-scenes chats and your name in the credits depending on the tier. If you just want to send a one-off tip then you can do that over at ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/foxleigh81 If you want to support me but you can't afford to donate money then simply engaging with my videos with a like or a comment goes a long way, I'd be especially grateful if you shared a link to my videos to someone else. However you choose to support me, I will be very grateful :) Disclaimer: Some links in this description are affiliate links. If you buy through them, I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps support the channel! Transparency: Unless stated otherwise, all products were purchased by me. Opinions are 100% my own.