Google’s Matter smart home standard is launching this fall google plans to finally launch its new smart home industry standard called Matter this fall.
Devices will all connect quickly and easily using Fast Pair and the platform will support a variety of voice assistants and networking protocols. Those include Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri as well as WiFi, Thread and Bluetooth LE. While Fast Pair feature has been used for headphones and audio gear, the company is working to use it for more things, including syncing lightbulbs and smart plugs with Android and Google’s Matter Nest devices. You’ll be able to scan a code with your phone to get things rolling, which should be quicker and easier than the current method for adding new gear to your arsenal.
The company first announced Matter in 2019, although back then it was known as Project Connected Home over IP (Project CHIP). At I/O 2021, Google announced a redesign to its smart home Developer Center to include all the tools developers would need to make product compatible with the standard.
The finalisation of Matter has not been smooth, with the standard delayed again earlier this year after having been originally slated for a 2020 release. The reasoning for the delay was detailed by the Connectivity Standards Alliance, which claimed that it needed more time to develop the software development kit (SDK) required for other companies to integrate with the platform.
Matter was delayed until 2022 last August and the fall timeline now means Google has pushed it out yet again. The delayed launch was supposed to happen in the first half of this year. Still, after all of the roadblocks, the promise of a more seamless process for adding devices to your smart home from a wide range of companies is a compelling one.
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