... The Matter movement is built around the concept of a single, unifying standard for smart home devices. ... At the present moment, more than 220 different companies — including the big three in smart home of Amazon, Google, and Apple — have all joined the Matter Alliance and pledged their commitment to an open-source approach to development. ...
The initial release of Matter is still months away at least (estimated at the end of the second quarter of this year), but there are 134 unique products from 53 different companies slated to be among the first to launch. ...
Why does Matter matter?
Interoperability
Security
Setup
The future of smart home lies in ease of use
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