Getting smart home devices certified to work with different ecosystems is about to get simpler thanks to new programs from the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA). Apple, Google, and Samsung will now accept CSA Matter certification for their respective smart home platforms, allowing manufacturers to avoid separate testing for each badge. This streamlining process aims to reduce the complexity and cost for device makers and move closer to a universal smart home standard.
Buying a smart home product today means checking which ecosystems it works with by looking for the little “Works with Apple Home” or “Works with Google” badge on the package. Matter was supposed to get rid of those because if a product works with Matter , it should work with all the big smart home platforms. That hasn’t happened yet, and now we have one more badge to look for: the Matter badge. Getting all those badges is about to get simpler for manufacturers, though.
The Connectivity Standards Alliance , which runs Matter, announced today that Apple, Google, and Samsung will all accept its certification for their “Works With” programs: > The Alliance is excited to share that Apple has begun accepting Alliance Interop Lab test results for Matter devices for Works With Apple Home, and that Google and Samsung will be doing the same for their respective Works With Google Home, and Works With SmartThings certifications later this year, underscoring the...
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