--- title: I ditched Tuya's cloud latency for Matter, and my smart... description: Migrating a smart home from Tuya's cloud-dependent proprietary protocol to Matter eliminates the 2-3 second cloud round-trip latency common with budget Wi-Fi... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-ditched-tuya-s-cloud-latency-for-matter-and-my-smart-home-finally-responds-instantly-idj0svhtl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I ditched Tuya's cloud latency for Matter, and my smart home finally responds instantly | daily.dev og:description: Migrating a smart home from Tuya's cloud-dependent proprietary protocol to Matter eliminates the 2-3 second cloud round-trip latency common with budget Wi-Fi... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-ditched-tuya-s-cloud-latency-for-matter-and-my-smart-home-finally-responds-instantly-idj0svhtl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iDJ0svHTL.png og:image:alt: I ditched Tuya's cloud latency for Matter, and my smart home finally responds instantly og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I ditched Tuya's cloud latency for Matter, and my smart home finally responds instantly **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Migrating a smart home from Tuya's cloud-dependent proprietary protocol to Matter eliminates the 2-3 second cloud round-trip latency common with budget Wi-Fi devices. Matter runs locally over standard IP and supports multi-admin fabrics, letting one device work simultaneously in Home Assistant, Apple Home, and Google Home without cloud bridges. Matter over Thread adds a self-healing, low-power mesh for sensors and plugs, delivering sub-second response times. A migration path is laid out: set up a Thread border router (Apple TV 4K, Nest Hub, or ZBT-1 with Home Assistant), replace mains-powered smart plugs first to build the mesh, then swap battery sensors to Thread, cutting sensor wake-up delay from seconds to under 30ms. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why does my Tuya smart plug take 2-3 seconds to turn on when I press the button? Tuya devices route commands through remote cloud servers rather than communicating locally, so a simple toggle must travel to an AWS/Tuya data center and back. This cloud round-trip typically adds 2 to 3 seconds of latency. Matter-based devices avoid this because Matter runs local-first over standard IP and requires zero internet access to pair, control, or automate. _daily.dev surfaces practical writeups like this for developers automating or troubleshooting local-first smart home setups._ ### Can one Matter device be controlled by both Home Assistant and Apple Home at the same time? Yes, Matter supports a built-in multi-admin fabric, allowing a single physical device to join multiple independent Matter fabrics simultaneously. For example, a Matter smart plug can be commissioned into Home Assistant for local automations while also appearing natively in Apple Home and Google Home, all communicating via direct local IP with no cloud bridges required. _Developers building cross-platform smart home integrations can follow Matter multi-admin patterns via daily.dev._ ### What is the best order to migrate a Tuya smart home to Matter and Thread? Start by deploying a Thread border router and Matter controller, such as an Apple TV 4K with Ethernet, a Google Nest Hub, or a ZBT-1 running OpenThread with Home Assistant OS. Next, replace high-traffic Tuya smart plugs since mains-powered devices form the Thread mesh. Finally, swap battery-powered sensors to Thread, cutting wake-up latency from around 3 seconds to under 30ms. _daily.dev collects hands-on migration guides for readers planning a move off cloud-locked IoT stacks._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I wouldn't build another smart home without Zigbee, even with Matter everywhere](https://daily.dev/posts/i-wouldn-t-build-another-smart-home-without-zigbee-even-with-matter-everywhere-gaeydch21) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Your smart home doesn't need Matter — a local Zigbee network is faster and lasts longer](https://daily.dev/posts/your-smart-home-doesn-t-need-matter-a-local-zigbee-network-is-faster-and-lasts-longer-xner0qdtx) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I gave Matter two years to work, then ripped out every Thread node for Zigbee](https://daily.dev/posts/i-gave-matter-two-years-to-work-then-ripped-out-every-thread-node-for-zigbee-iyazodjia) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Matter promised to fix smart homes, but created a worse mess instead](https://daily.dev/posts/matter-promised-to-fix-smart-homes-but-created-a-worse-mess-instead-xdwfmripg) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - 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