Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2

Haos on proxmox 8.4 decides if it needs to flash zigbee vs thread firmware though it can be more difficult if you accidentally select thread first instead of zigbee since it didn't want to do both at the same time but worked through it all w ChatGPT Tldr the device itself works great and haos integration/automation in setup was good

Better than Samsung TV matter hub

New Samsung at Xmas (2025), thought I'd try matter over thread so setup some smart plugs, found that every time the TV turned on or off the matter/thread connections would be interrupted for a minute or two. Also, couldn't get remote access to work. Apparently it also doesn't support NAT64. After getting the ZBT-2 and removing the Samsung hub everything works great.

ZBT-2 Refurbished

I purchased a refurbished unit to save a few dollars. Unit worked as expected perfectly there were no imperfections simple plug and play with Home Assistant