Google has announced to bring interconnected cross-platform smart home standard called ‘Matter’ to Android and capable Nest products, powering them with interoperable control and enabling simpler setups.
Earlier called Project Connected Home over IP (CHIP), ‘Matter’ may be a unified smart home standard partnership between Google, Amazon, Apple, Samsung, the Zigbee Alliance, et al..
At its I/O developer conference, Google said on Wednesday that Android is going to be one of the leading operating systems with built-in support for ‘Matter’, letting users quickly found out devices with Google and link their favorite Android apps.
“You’ll only need a couple of taps to line up your Matter devices, and you will have many ways to instantly control them like Matter-enabled Android apps, Google Assistant, the Google Home app, Android Power Controls, and compatible Google devices,” explained Michele Turner, Senior Director, Google Smart Home.
It also allows over one billion Android devices to enable simple setup and control of all Matter-certified products.
Today, there are nine smart devices within the average smart home — in 2016, there have been only three.
“While this is often explosive growth, the industry remains evolving. Selecting the proper devices or connecting them with those you have already got are often frustrating,” Turner said.
All Nest displays and speakers, just like the Nest Hub and Nest Mini, are going to be automatically updated to regulate Matter devices.
“We will update the most recent Nest Thermostat to support Matter – meaning for the primary time it is often controlled on other platforms that have certified with Matter,” Google informed.
The company will soon unveil a replacement Google smart home directory, a web destination to get Google Assistant-compatible devices from across quite 30 categories, from brands like Philips Hue, Nanoleaf, Samsung, LG, Dyson, Netatmo, Wyze, and more.
