Zigbee, Matter or Wi-Fi: which should a Malaysian smart home use?
Tekovate builds mainly on Zigbee and Matter. Both are open standards, which is the reason the finished system is not tied to one manufacturer.
Why does the protocol matter more than the brand?
The protocol decides what you can buy in five years. A home built on a proprietary system can only be extended with that company's products, at that company's prices, for as long as that company still exists. A home built on Zigbee and Matter can be extended with anything that speaks Zigbee or Matter. That is why Tekovate treats the protocol as the first decision for any Malaysian smart home.
This is why Tekovate does not hold an authorised dealership with any manufacturer. Hardware currently used is Aqara, but the system underneath is standard, so the hardware choice stays reversible.
What is the practical difference from a Wi-Fi-only setup?
Wi-Fi devices usually depend on the manufacturer's cloud, so they stop responding when the internet drops. Zigbee and Matter devices keep running locally, which is the difference a Tekovate home in Melaka notices on day one of an outage. Most of the system keeps working when the internet drops. Only remote control from outside the house stops until the connection is back.
Which voice assistant do you have to commit to?
None of them exclusively. Tekovate supports Google Home, Apple Home and Amazon Alexa, and recommends based on what the household already uses rather than on what is easiest to install.
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Mainly Zigbee and Matter, matched to what each Malaysian home needs. Both are open standards, so a Tekovate system is not locked to a single manufacturer.
All three. Tekovate recommends whichever the Malaysian household already uses rather than pushing one ecosystem.
No. Because the system is built on Zigbee and Matter, which are universal protocols, it is not tied to a single vendor. Any Malaysian home on a Tekovate system can be extended with other compliant products.
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