The latest iteration of Matter has arrived.
It also adds support for scenes and improves on Matter’s video-casting protocol.
Matteris a universal standard that aims to remove the barriers between differing smart home ecosystems.
Apple, Amazon, Google, and Samsung all support Matter.
While the Matter standard has some very clear merits, many products still lack Matter support.
However, one of the bigger hurdles for Matter is its somewhat limited functionality.
The original Matter 1.0 release doesn’t support energy monitoring in smart plugs, for example.
Today’s release aims to fill out some of these missing capabilities.
And for homes that use multiple smart assistants, Matter 1.3 adds native support for scenes.
It also gains a unique feature that can link multiple smartphones to a smart TV app for multiplayer gaming.
These industry leaders need to take the Matter standard seriously if they want to attract new customers.
Otherwise, the smart home world will remain a confusing, disjointed mess.
