Matter Standard Maturity?

[zabdab]

I'm considering cutting my primarily Home Assistant / Node-RED based home automation over to the Matter Standard.

I see that Tasmota now offers Matter support in some of its builds and there is a Home Assistant integration. I briefly enrolled a Tasmota device into my HA and the process and operation was pretty painless. (Once I realised that Tasmota devices only offer Matter as an optional interface, the device does not become primary Matter device.)

I'm very enthusiastic about the principle of the standard, and it appears that CoAP is super responsive.

What experiences have people had?
Is it worth committing, or is it still bleeding edge and needs a bit more time?
What other manufacturers do you know of that are now supporting Matter?
What is has the experience of enrolling and using with the Google/Amazon home hubs been like?
What issues have you encountered?

Many thanks!!

[Sonoff Africa]

I can see the benefit of having a simpler cross-platform install and the ability to use Sonoff with Samsung and other Matter-supported platforms. Establishing communication standards was definitely needed.

It's still early days for Matter, but I like how it works with Samsung phones. When you power up a device, it shows a picture of the device and offers a guided installation. The pairing process is definitely simpler, and the new Sonoff Matter-supported devices work well across platforms, but it's still early days.

I now only use Google. I really liked Amazon Alexa, but having too many smart speakers in the house and managing two different top-tier platforms became overwhelming. So I can only comment on Google now.

It took longer to add the device compared to syncing with eWeLink to Google, which I expected, but it was much easier overall.

Adding to Samsung SmartThings was the quickest and easiest, but I’m sticking to Google as my primary platform, so I don't use SmartThings. The reason is that with Google Maps, voice commands, and the search engine, I don't need multiple apps open, which helps conserve my phone’s battery life.

I also learned that, unlike before, when Google only accepted voice commands or Google-branded routines as triggers, it now supports cross-brand/platform routines and scene triggers. This has been a game-changer in the world of "Any to Any."

The reality is, you don’t even need Matter devices anymore because Google now serves as a platform to facilitate cross-platform functionality, something that wasn’t possible before.

I also had isses on my network with the mash systems and provider changing external IP address as they do.

My best upgrade I did this year was to the Asus AX82U and I removed 3 Tenda mash nodes the speed diffrence and less NAT issues was unbelivable.

As the Sonoff imports I would say keep the existing devices and spend the budget on better acces point that can handel more devices.

Issues:

You lose some functionality by not using the eWeLink platform.
It feels like Google doesn’t handle double NAT issues in mesh networks as well as eWeLink does.