The latest version of the Matter smart home standard has been published. It should mean easier and less frustrating setups, ...

However, the launch of the Matter 1.4 specification this week shows some signs that the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA, the organization behind Matter) is using more sticks and fewer carrots ...

A new smart home standard is in town, and it really matters. And not just because it's called Matter. We've covered Matter before, but that was before it actually launched. The official launch ...

Matter 1.4 debuts today with a variety of improvements that further advance smart home capabilities. Here’s what’s new. A big focus in most Matter updates is adding support for new device types.

Matter, the smart home interoperability standard that makes it easier for different bits of smart home kit to talk to each other, has just been upgraded to version 1.3. The new version makes ...

Matter is supposed to be more mature and reliable, but my first experience with the Tado X Matter thermostat took me a whole day of troubleshooting.

Devices such as home routers and modems, access points, and set-top boxes can now be designed or upgraded to provide more robust support for Matter-based smart homes. The Connectivity Standards ...

The latest version of Matter, the open smart home standard that largely hasn’t yet lived up to its lofty promises for ...

More broadly, Matter 1.4 bakes a lot of timing, energy cost, and other automation triggers into the spec, which—again, when supported by device manufacturers, at some future date—should allow for ...

Flic, celebrated its 10th anniversary as a company specializing in smart home button controllers by making some updates to ...