We are entering a new era of the smart home built on openness and collaboration, one where you should have no problem using devices from different smart home brands to turn on your lights, warm up your living room and set your morning alarm. All of them should work well together.
The new smart home industry standard Matter is making this possible. Let's take a closer look at how Matter can help you make more connections with other products and services when it launches later this year.
The set-up process will be quick and consistent when you buy a Matter-enabled device. You can link it to your home network in a few taps. It's as easy to connect a new pair of headphones as it is to support Matter through Fast Pair. Matter devices are more reliable and responsive because they connect and communicate locally over Thread, a wireless mesh networking technology.
To help you get ready for Matter, we will update many of your devices to be Matter controllers. You will be able to control your Matter-enabled devices from your phone or computer with the help of the smart home controls on your phone or computer. The original Google Home speaker will be included in Matter controllers.
You can connect devices built with Thread to your home network with the help of the Nest Hub 2nd generation.
We have a new website that will help you explore everything you can do with your Home in one spot. You can learn how to use automated routines to make everyday life easier, safer and more convenient by learning how to discover thousands of smart home devices that work with Google Home.
We are updating our partner program to make it easier to find products that work well with Google Home. Works with Hey Google is now Works with Home. The partner devices that carry the Badge have gone the extra mile to build high-quality experiences with the company. It will take some time for all of our partners to start using the new badges, but if you spot either of them on a smart home product, you will know they are compatible with our home control features.
There is no need to build multiple versions of a smart home device to work across different ecosystems with Matter. You only have to build one device, and it will work with all of the smart home brands. It means you can spend less time building multiple paths and more time inventing and delivering devices and features.
The new Google Home Developer Center brings together all of our resources for developers and businesses. You can learn how to build smart home devices with Matter, discover new features to integrate into your devices, and explore marketing resources to help grow your business. There are new community support tools for device makers who are building with Google Home.
On June 30, we will launch the Google Home Developer Console, which will include two new software development kits to make it easy to build Matter devices and apps. The fastest way to build Matter devices is with the Home Device SDK. Intelligence Clusters will be introduced with the help of this SDK and will be shared with developers who meet certain security and privacy requirements.
Built-in support for Matter devices in the new Google Home Mobile SDK will make it easy to build apps that connect directly with them. This makes the set-up process simpler and more reliable. Developers can spend more time building unique features and experiences.
We can't wait to see how you use Matter, Thread and Google Home to create a smart home experience that suits you. Sign up for future updates at home.google.com and developers. home.google.com.
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