Hoobs Pro (HOOBS) has a feature to expose Zigbee network as Matter to work with other platforms. Its hardware is essentially the same as SkyConnect (Zigbee+Matter). I wonder is it possible that SkyConnect can also support this feature?
The skyconnect has the option to toggle thread support in its options once its setup in HA, this will allow matter devices that communicate via thread to link back to HA as there is also a dedicated matter integration for HA.
I have both the intergration and the settings enabled so that I can start investing in zigbee, thread and matter based devices that suite my needs as I find them.
Sorry, what I meant is that after I add Zigbee devices to HA via SkyConnect, I hope there is a way I can re-expose those Zigbee devices via Matter network to other platforms, so I can use, for example, Goggle Home to control those Zigbee devices via Thread/Matter. Basically, SkyConnect as a Matter bridge hub.
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Home Assistant, as a Matter controller, only supports control of Matter devices. Home Assistant is not a bridge itself and it cannot turn existing devices within Home Assistant into Matter compatible devices.
You setup the integrations and let HA handle the communication for automatons between the various devices through the adapters that support the products you need to integrate, this is why you have to pay attention to the type of communication is needed to get them into your HA ecosystem.
HA is the brain, the adapters are the limbs and the devices are the fingers to put it in simple terms, you can attach google or alexa or use its own voice assistant to control those devices through it.
The devices themselves will state on the box if they have thread or matter or both as an option when you buy them and they are more available in the wild to invest into as for those that have the hardware already to be compatible will need a firmware update from the manufacturer to be able to be used once its pushed to the public for use.