Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 is a Zigbee or Thread adapter. It was designed specifically to work with Home Assistant. It connects to your Home Assistant system via USB, allowing it to build either a Zigbee or a Thread network via Home Assistant's built-in Zigbee or Thread integrations.

A few device characteristics are listed below:

• Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 supports either Zigbee or Thread.
  • You can choose during setup and also switch later, if needed.
  • Running Zigbee and Thread at the same time on the same adapter is not supported.
• Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 was formerly known as Home Assistant SkyConnect.
  • Despite the new name and look, they have the exact same hardware, capability, and support.
• You can run 2 different Zigbee solutions in Home Assistant: Zigbee Home Automation (ZHA) and Zigbee2MQTT
  • You can run another adapter with a deCONZ or Zigbee2MQTT app alongside a Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 with Zigbee Home Automation.
• You cannot run 2 Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 adapters with the Zigbee Home Automation integration at once in Home Assistant.
  • The Zigbee Home Automation integration is single instance only.
• Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 does not support Bluetooth or Z-Wave.

Related topics

• Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1
• Getting started: Forming a new Zigbee network
• Getting started: Migrating an existing Zigbee network
• Switching from Zigbee to Thread

Related Home Assistant documentation

• Zigbee Home Automation integration documentation
• Thread integration documentation
• Home Assistant user documentation
• Installing Home Assistant on a smart home hub
• Home Assistant Companion app
• Home Assistant Green