Home LivingSmart HomeAmazon is bringing Matter over Thread to your Echo and EeroAmazon’s embrace of the new smart home standard is happening impressively quicklyWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Home LivingSmart HomeAmazon is bringing Matter over Thread to your Echo and EeroAmazon’s embrace of the new smart home standard is happening impressively quicklyWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Amazon’s embrace of the new smart home standard is happening impressively quickly
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Amazon)
(Image credit: Amazon)
One of the big smart home trends for 2023 isMattercompatibility. It’s designed to make all your smart home tech connect and integrate with all your other smart home tech, and pretty much every manufacturer is behind it. And it’s nice to see that firms such asAmazonaren’t limiting their Matter support to brand new devices: they’re bringing it to your existing hardware too.
In apostto the Amazon Developer site, Amazon’s Marja Koopmans explains that the next stage of Amazon’s Matter roll-out is to bring Matter over Thread to the most recentEchoandEerodevices.
That’s in addition to Amazon’s existing Matter roll-out, which brought Matter over WiFi to a range ofAlexa-enabled devices, plugs, switches and bulbs. So it means more flexibility and even better compatibility with devices such asApple’s TV 4K128GB, which also supports Matter over Thread.
What is Matter over Thread?
Matter works over a variety of different communications standards. The more kinds of Matter your hardware supports, the more choice you have and the more flexibility your smart home system offers.
For example, Matter over Wi-Fi enables your Matter hardware to communicate with other Matter-compatible kit via your wireless network; Matter over Zigbee enables communication with Zigbee devices such asPhilips Hue lights; Matter over Bluetooth… you get the idea. Thread is a local networking protocol designed for smart home devices, so Matter over Thread adds Thread networking to your device’s range of talents.
As Koopmans puts it, “This multi-protocol support on Echo devices enables customers to mix and match devices with a unified experience, and tap into the latest innovations without having to consider connectivity protocols or invest in additional equipment.”
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