HOW IT WORKS
Matter is the smart home tech of the future, and it’s coming to Apple devices
YOU WILL LEARN What Matter is, and how it works with smart devices from different manufacturers
Key fact
The Matter website (buildwithmatter.com) includes a list of all the companies that plan to support Matter. As mentioned, this includes Apple, Amazon and Google, along with other big names like Samsung, Philips, Belkin and British Telecom. One notable absentee is Microsoft, with its Cortana voice assistant, which could be left out in the cold if Matter takes off.
There’s an old saying in the computer industry: “The great thing about T standards is that there’s so many of them”. Unfortunately, there are times when having too many competing standards prevents new technologies from taking off and gaining widespread acceptance.