A twas like a collab or rebrand?

To be fair there is a million of these wee units around the place. Probably a lot cheaper too.

You KNOW I want that OpenAI Codex Micro unit to turn into a Home Assistant control unit.

A small, cool unit with buttons and LEDs? Take my money.

Hi there. Yes, you pick one or the other protocol when you are setting up the device, but it won’t run both simultaneously. You could of course have two devices and run one protocol on each…

I have a Conbee II also, running for about two years. I bought a ZBT 2 months ago with the view to moving to that, but then realised I was insane as I have a rock solid Conbee network with 60 devices and zero issues.

I have set up the ZBT as a Thread router instead to give me another protocol option. Waiting patiently for IKEA to improve their range of products!

I have a couple.of test products on it and all seems good.

Home Assistant have their own device that can provide Thread.

Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2

It does ZigBee also bit you can only run one protocol at a time.

I bought one for yhe exact reason you stated; trying out IKEA stuff. My setup is similar also.

Good luck!