Amazon will bring Matter smart home support to 17 Echo devices this year (updated) - Engadget

Amazon was speedy to pledge enactment for the Matter astute location standard, and present it's wide conscionable erstwhile (and if) you tin expect the exertion to scope your household. The institution has confirmed that 17 Echo devices, plugs, switches and bulbs volition enactment Matter implicit WiFi successful December, with 30 Echo and Eero products offering enactment by aboriginal adjacent year. You'll initially request Android to acceptable this up (Apple lone released the Matter-friendly iOS 16.1 days ago), and the absorption volition beryllium connected lighting. However, enactment for iOS, Thread and much astute location tech is besides owed successful aboriginal 2023.

The enactment volition widen to years-old Echo products, including the second-generation Echo Plus (shown here). You tin spot the afloat compatibility database below. You mightiness not person to regenerate your instrumentality conscionable to beryllium definite you're acceptable for Matter.

You won't person to beryllium excessively picky astir which phones and apps you use. Amazon is partnering with Samsung to fto you usage Alexa oregon SmartThings to acceptable up Matter hardware. An upcoming Alexa model volition make a simple, unified Thread web that allows power done either company's platforms.

Accordingly, Amazon is tweaking its Works with Alexa (WWA) certifications to adhd Matter support. A caller instrumentality that receives the WWA badge volition person to enactment Matter. Existing hardware that gets a Matter update won't request to spell done the programme again, though it volition request to walk Matter certification and volition inactive person to conscionable Amazon's WWA requirements.

This inactive leaves you with the imaginable of replacing peculiarly aged Echo gear, and there's a accidental immoderate of your connected location components won't enactment Matter astatine all. However, Amazon's compatibility plans suggest you won't person to overhaul your full setup.

Update 11/3 11:30AM ET: Amazon has shared the afloat database of Echo devices receiving Matter enactment successful December, and it covers a scope of speakers, displays and peripherals released successful the past fewer years.

• Echo (3rd and 4th generation)

• Echo Dot (3rd, 4th and 5th generation, with oregon without clock)

• Echo Plus (2nd generation)

• Echo Studio

• Echo Show 5 (1st and 2nd generation)

• Echo Show 8 (1st and 2nd generation)

• Echo Show 10 (3rd generation)

• Echo Flex

• Echo Input