Google's smart home devices now support the Matter standard - Engadget

The Matter modular tin lone simplify the usage of astute location devices from assorted brands if products really enactment it. Today, Google has announced that it has enabled Matter enactment for its Nest and Android devices — you don't adjacent person to download oregon instal immoderate update. That means the Google Home speaker, Google Home Mini, Nest Mini, Nest Audio, Nest Hub (1st and 2nd gen), Nest Hub Max and the caller Nest WiFi Pro, tin present service arsenic a hub for Matter that you tin usage to power your astute home. 

Google has besides rolled retired Matter enactment for Fast Pair connected Android, and the tech elephantine says it volition springiness you the capableness to brace Matter-enabled devices to your location web "as rapidly arsenic you tin brace a acceptable of headphones." Once your devices are connected, this diagnostic volition besides marque it casual to nexus Matter devices with apps and astute location ecosystems. In addition, the tech elephantine has updated the Nest Wi Pro, the Nest Hub Max and the Nest Hub (2nd gen) to relation arsenic Thread borderline routers. That way, you tin usage them to link products that enactment Thread, the networking protocol for low-power devices specified arsenic astute locks, to your location network. 

The Connectivity Standards Alliance, which Google is simply a portion of, has been moving connected the Matter modular since 2019 to lick the astute location space's fragmentation contented and marque it easier to usage products from antithetic companies. It primitively intended to launch the modular successful 2021, but it had to hold Matter's merchandise a mates of times earlier it yet rolled retired the standard's mentation 1.0 specification and merchandise certification programme this October. Shortly aft Matter officially came out, Samsung announced that it's working with Google truthful that you tin easy adhd devices already acceptable up with SmartThings to Google Home, and vice versa. Amazon, 1 of the Alliance's different founders, besides listed the 17 Echo devices that volition enactment the modular starting this month. 

While precise few products are Matter-enabled astatine the moment, Google says you'll spot much travel retired these holidays and successful aboriginal 2023. All devices that enactment the modular volition beryllium marked with the Matter badge and volition enactment with the aforementioned Google products and each different Matter devices retired of the box.