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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/LoganJFisher on 2025-02-20 03:38:25+00:00.
I mean, the sort of devices that exist do occasionally get better iterations, but I never see truly novel Zigbee devices anymore.
How about a Zigbee cat water fountain that reports remaining water (strong preference for steel or ceramic if someone does make one)? Aqara already makes a Zigbee feeder.
A Zigbee bathroom scale that reports weight and maybe even uses small electrodes and reports current through your soles so body fat can be calculated? Hell, why not something similar to those Dash scales that Amazon used to make, but using Zigbee, which would report weight on a regular basis (rather than just when triggered like a bathroom scale)?
A Zigbee sound sensor? Granted, that might need something on-board to determine sound types unless it's just reporting decibels.
A Zigbee NFC tag reader? It would just have to scan and then report the NFC code it read.
It just seems like I never see anything novel anymore. The Zigbee Device Compatibility Repository hasn't had a new category added in ages, and the miscellaneous category is pretty barren.
I get that ESP exists to help support people in making their own devices, but that doesn't explain the lack of innovation in Zigbee devices. Is there simply too little demand in the market for such innovation to take place?