This should be an exciting time. Officially certified Matter devices are arriving and becoming available. So the promise of simple device onboarding and support for multiple smart home ecosystems is here, right? Not so much if you're an Apple HomeKit … [Read more...]
How to name your smart home devices in the age of Matter
Now that the official Matter rollout has come and gone, more and more new devices will start to support the multiplatform standard. So too will some older smart home products, with software upgrades. If you were a bit casual or cute with your … [Read more...]
Podcast: CES has more Matter and many voices
Kevin and I are at CES 2023 this week and eager for the show floor to open to see all of the new and crazy gear. But before we see the show floor, we had to slog through the planned news and media events, which we're talking about in this week's … [Read more...]
Podcast: Matter upgrades aren’t ready for prime time
We tried Matter for the first time late last week, and have a lot to share with our listeners about what we and other journalists learned through the process. The early verdict is that most people should not update for a while because the process is … [Read more...]
Amazon now supports Matter on Echo devices
Amazon says it has started supporting the Matter smart home interoperability protocol over Wi-Fi on many of its Echo devices effective Monday. The online retailer had said last month that it planned to launch Matter support using Wi-Fi on lights, … [Read more...]
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