Post February 12, 2026 1 min read

The Obvious Fix I Kept Overlooking

For days I had been fighting to get my SwitchBot Lock Pro talking to Home Assistant over Bluetooth, and I documented every dead end along the way.

Then the solution turned out to be sitting right in front of me the whole time. Matter, a shared standard that lets devices from different brands work together, made the detour unnecessary.

Sometimes you stare at a problem so long that you stop seeing the easy path next to it.

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