Matter was announced in 2022 with the promise of unifying all major smart home ecosystems—but three years later, that promise hasn’t been fulfilled.

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Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google’s smart thermostat can finally work directly with Apple Home using the new Matter smart home standard.

Matter is a smart home connectivity standard that promises to drastically simplify the smart home experience. Instead of having to worry about if a smart light or smart plug is compatible with Apple’s ...

Kind of. My expectations are low for now. The biggest difference you’ll notice today is easier setup and expanded interoperability for Matter-compatible devices. Say you buy a new sensor or light or ...

SwitchBot has announced a new series of smart lighting products that work with Matter, a standard for smart home devices. The ...

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The Matter standard can only simplify the use of smart home devices from various brands if products actually support it. Today, Google has announced that it has enabled Matter support for its Nest and ...

Matter, as a smart home standard, would make everything about owning a smart home better. Devices could be set up with any phone, for either remote or local control, put onto any major platform (like ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Speakers, smartphones, and a whole lot of smart home: what to expect from IFA — the world’s largest consumer ...

How the Matter standard will change the smart home. The benefits the Matter standard brings to developers. Anticipated in late 2022, the Connectivity Standard Alliance’s (CSA) Matter standard is set ...