My first Matter smart home experience has been a frustrating disaster

It’s been two years since Matter, the unifying smart home protocol, officially launched and about 18 months since v1.1 of the Matter spec added support for thermostats. By now, I thought things would be stable and reliable enough to dip my toes in and try my first Matter smart home product — the Tado X smart thermostat. Unfortunately, my experience was nothing short of a series of frustrations.

What brought me to Tado’s Matter thermostat