At an event in Amsterdam, the Connectivity Standards Alliance made one of the most awaited announcements ever made by anyone who has or wants to build a smart home. I’m talking about Matter, a new protocol designed to simplify the smart home.
The Matter protocol has been in the tech news for a few years now as an interesting promise. As of today, it is no longer a promise and has become a new development platform for smart home products.
The matter comes to simplify the configuration and operation of the smart home
If you are familiar with smart homes, you know that before you start buying smart products, you have to choose an ecosystem. Whether it’s from Google, Amazon, Samsung, or Apple, this is an dependency to consider when purchasing hardware.
With the introduction of “Material”, this concern will be just a memory. The main objective of this protocol is to develop a global ecosystem where any device developed for one of the above ecosystems can work with other systems.
Imagine you have a Google smart speaker, but you want an Amazon smart doorbell that, for now, needs Alexa to work. With the introduction of Matter, the latter can also be controlled through the Google Assistant.
As you can see in the video above, the point is that you can buy a smart light bulb as if it were a traditional lightbulb. If you like this lamp, buy it without worrying about whether it will work with your ecosystem or the application required to configure it.
The material is a protocol that will be implemented in many products Clever It will release in the future, but also with those you already have at home. This will be possible with a simple firmware update of your smart products.
190 products have already been approved for Matter and more to come
When Matter was officially announced, it was reported that there were already 190 products approved for this protocol. However, this number will not stop here, with the promise that many will follow.
Thanks to Matter’s introduction, there is also a comeback for many brands whose involvement in this type of technology has waned. The promise of simplicity and standardization proves tempting not only to consumers, but also to brands.
Finally, it is important to stress that Matter’s announcement does not mean that its benefits are automatically available in any smart home. Now it will be up to companies – like Google or Amazon – to bring their products and ecosystems into line with this promising protocol.
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