The new smart home standard will be supported by Amazon in December. Smart plugs, smart bulbs, and smart switches will only be covered by Matter over wi-fi, which is compatible only withAndroid phones. At the Matter launch event in Amsterdam this week, Amazon said it will add more of the device types Matter supports early next year, and that it will expand the roll out to Apple's mobile devices.
The company, which is a founding member of the new smart home interoperability standard, also announced that Matter device makers will need to go through Amazon's Works WithAlexa program to get the WWA Badge on their product pages. They can do this with certification. Regardless of whether the device has the WWA certification or not, it will work with Amazon's voice assistant.
This is an effort that has never been done before. We need to make sure it goes well.
It will be easy to set up Matter devices on one platform and port them to the other without having to set them up a second time. This is similar to the collaboration that was announced by the two companies. All Matter devices can be controlled by any Matter compatible app.
Here are the speakers that will be Matter controllers next month.
You should be able to add any Matter compatible device to any compatible Matter app on your phone if you have an Android phone. The Matter controller apps are going to be on the Play Store.
Hardware devices are getting updates, but we are still waiting on some software support. Matter support has been added to Apple's Home app and OS in the latest version of the software. We are still waiting for Amazon to come to the App Store. All the platforms will be on board with Matter by the end of the next three to four months, according to my belief.
As hardware devices become Matter- compatible, we are still waiting for software support from apps.
It is due to caution that we have to wait for Thread andiOS support for Matter on the platform. Chris De Cenzo, a senior principal engineer at Amazon and the company's CSA board director, said in an interview that the company is bringing Matter support to over 100 million devices. This is an effort that has never been done before. We need to make sure it goes well.
He pointed out the lack of products in other categories to be tested. There aren't many Matter compatible locks, window shades, and thermostats out there yet, and we want to test everything in our program first
A common language for smart home devices to communicate in your home without relying on a cloud connection is provided by Matter. At launch, it will include smart sensors, smart lighting, smart plugs and switches, smart thermostats, connected locks, and media devices.
If you buy a smart home device that has the Matter logo on it, you should be able to use it with any Matter compatible device and platform. Devices compatible with matter should be available by the end of the year.
We expect to see updates on the smart home platforms that are signed on to support Matter over the next few months.
We have to wait for support. Thread is a relatively new protocol in the smart home, and it's already causing consumer confusion with its need for a Thread border routers There are not a lot of border routers available. Some Apple TV models, as well as Thread border routers and Eero wi-fi routers, are connected to the internet. If you have a Matter controller in your setup, you don't need a Matter-compatible Thread border routers to run Matter devices. We don't have enough options for Thread border routers.
Now that Matter is here, I was hoping that support for the fourth-gen smart speaker from Amazon would come soon. There is a lot of work that needs to be done to create a single Thread network.
Amazon wants to wait until everything is ready to go before enabling Thread, according to De Cenzo. In order to create a single Thread network in your home, it needs to work with both Apple and Google. He says they want to take the time to test the integration before it's released.
While all the big companies have been working together to bring Matter to this point, we still need more cooperation from our enemies before this thing is ready for prime time. The smart home is going to make it easier for a customer to use, according to De Cenzo. There is still a lot of work to be done.
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