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Re:Air Lab – A portable and open air quality measuring device by westurner on Thursday June 05, 2025 @05:35PM (#44196026)
Matter protocol support would also be a useful feature.

Potential integration: Run HVAC fans and/or an attic fan and/or a crawlspace fan if indoor AQI is worse than outdoor AQI

This says that Air Quality Sensor support was added to matter protocol in 2023: https://csa-iot.org/newsroom/matter-1-2-arrives-with-nine-ne... :

> Air Quality Sensors – Supported sensors can capture and report on: PM1, PM2.5, PM10, CO2, NO2, VOC, CO, Ozone, Radon, and Formaldehyde. Furthermore, the addition of the Air Quality Cluster enables Matter devices to provide AQI information based on the device’s location

/? matter protocol Air Quality Cluster: https://www.google.com/search?q=matter+protocol+Air+Quality+...

Re:Air Lab – A portable and open air quality measuring device by 256dpi on Thursday June 05, 2025 @06:17PM (#44196269)
We'll definitely look into supporting Matter in the future, as it would allow integration with the most common home automation platforms/apps out there.
Re:Air Lab – A portable and open air quality measuring device by westurner on Saturday June 07, 2025 @10:47AM (#44210003)
FWIU Thread and Matter work better when there is a "Border Router" ('hub') in the system; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32167256#32186688