Google’s Smart Home Is Finally Ready for Matter
Matter is the long-awaited connectivity standard that aims to make smart home devices simpler to set up and manage. Google is now updating most of its products to support Matter.
Samsung’s SmartThings Ecosystem Is Getting Matter Support
The Matter smart home open standard promises to tidy up the mess that has been smart home products over the years, and it’s off to a promising start. Samsung has announced that it will be supporting Matter-compatible devices …
Matter Explained: Controllers, Bridges, Border Routers, and More
With Matter 1.0 officially announced and the certification of products just around the corner, you’ll want to learn these terms to understand how your current and future smart home gear fits into the Matter smart home….
Get Ready for Matter With a New Smart Home Display, Speaker, or Router
Matter 1.0 was officially announced on October 4, 2022, and the actual rollout is just around the corner. Here are the devices you can buy today that will be automatically updated to become Matter hubs when the smart home pro…
Matter Is Finally Here to Fix Your Smart Home Woes
For over two years, an alliance of tech companies has been working on Matter, a unified standard for connecting smart home devices that aims to fix all the complexities of current products. Now the standard is ready for prime…
Will I Need a Dedicated Hub for My Matter Smart Home?
Matter-based smart homes are just around the corner, and you might wonder if this means the old new standard, new hub cycle is about to take effect. There will still be a hub, but you might not even notice it’s there….
What Is a Thread Border Router? (And Do I Need to Buy One?)
You may have never heard of Thread border routers, but they’re positioned to become a smart home staple—working behind the scenes to tie together all your smart home gear. Better yet? You might already own one….
Matter Is the Smart Home Standard You’ve Been Waiting For
Nobody likes wasting money and the constantly shifting smart home landscape can give you the feeling that you’ll be left holding the bag. The Matter smart home initiative looks to bring order to the Wild West of smart home pr…
What Is Matter, and How Will It Transform Smart Homes?
When it arrives in 2022, Matter is hoping to offer a unified smart home platform for Apple, Samsung, Alexa, and Google products. Here’s everything you need to know about the innovative tech and why it’s important….
