What is Matter?
For years, the smart home landscape has been a fragmented mess. You might have devices from Google, Amazon, Apple, and other manufacturers, all refusing to play nicely together. Setting up a truly integrated smart home felt like a herculean task, requiring different apps and often, incompatible protocols. Matter aims to solve this. It’s a new, royalty-free standard developed by a consortium of tech giants (including those mentioned above) to create a unified language for smart home devices. This means your smart lights, smart locks, thermostats, and more can all communicate seamlessly, regardless of the manufacturer.