What “Matters” when starting a Smart Home?
Future proof your Smart Home…Now! Are you concerned about what will happen to your Smart Home in the future? This is a very valid question. However, if you plan appropriately, you should not let this stop you from starting your Smart Home now! Our suggestion is that you start small but start with a plan! A key component of your plan should be to future proof your Smart Home by adding a specific Smart Home Hub. The best Smart Home Hub you can start your Smart Home with is one that supports “Matter”. That is “MATTER” (https://buildwithmatter.com). Matter is a secure, reliable and a seamlessly integrated platform for Smart Homes. Matter is also an open standard for Smart Homes and Smart Devices. Matter is supported by large companies like Apple, Alexa, Google and many, many more.
Why does this Matter? What does this mean for you, you ask? Well good news! This means that more devices will support more Smart Home Platforms! For example, if you use an Apple iPhone/iPad, logically you would look for Smart Home devices that support Apple HomeKit. Or, if you have an Android phone, you would look for Smart Home devices that support Google Home. This can limit the number of Smart Devices that you can add to your Smart Home. This is where Matter helps you and your Smart Home. With Matter you will be able to not only use Smart Devices that natively support your mobile devices, but you will also be able to easily add other smart devices that support this broader smart home platform a.k.a. Matter. So, you will be able to select more devices for your smart home and this will reduce the complexity of setting up and adding Smart Devices to your Smart Home.
Even better News! We see Matter reducing the price of Smart Devices. How is this possible you ask? Because Matter will encourage cross platform support from all of the Major Smart Home Platforms (Apple, Alexa, Google & others) which will increase the level of competition between certain Smart Device Categories; i.e. Smart Home locks, Thermostats, Lightbulbs, Ceiling Fans, Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors, Water Leak Detectors, TVs, Speakers, Security Cameras, Garage Door Openers and etc. Another way this will reduce cost is that this will simplify the complexity for manufactures that develop Smart Home Devices. This allows these Smart Device manufactures to support one Smart Home Platform versus having to support 3 or more software development teams that integrate their physical product with Apple HomeKit, Alexa, Google Home and many others. For example the Schlage Smart Lock currently supports Apple andGoogle, but not Alexa Smart Home Platform. Going forward, we believe that Schlage will support the broad Matter Smart Home Platform which will automatically support all 3 of the major Smart Home providers and other Smart Home providers that integrate with Matter.
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