It seems that the unification of smart home standards (or at least that confirmation) still takes time.Connectivity Standards Alliance (formerly Zigbee Alliance), an industrial joint organization that formulates global standards for IoT, is a new smart home product connection standard "Matter" (formerly "CONNECTED HOME" (formerly "CONNECTED HOME).Over IP) revealed that product certification could not be started until 2022.Initially, the certification work was scheduled to start in late 2021.
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This delay is due to the preparation of the Matter's software development kit (SDK).SDK is a set of tools and programs used by developers to create specific applications.In the case of Matter Standards, these applications include a mobile app that can control smart home devices such as smart bulbs, smart outlets, and smart door bell cameras.
If the Matter is realized, it may function like a digital master key, which may be more easy for devices of competitors such as Apple, Google and Amazon to communicate with each other.This does not need to make sure that a particular smart home device is compatible with the voice assistant or ecosystem he is using.Do you use "Siri" in Apple's smart home platform "Homekit", use "Google Assistant" on Google's smart display "NEST HUB", or use "Alexa" with Amazon's smart speaker "Echo".Regardless of whether you are, you will be able to use the same smart home device.
Matter -compatible devices were initially expected to appear during the winter holiday season, but changing the schedule is not ultimately serious.The SDK is the first stage to make smart home products compliant with Matter, and the time it takes to comply is up to each manufacturer.
This article edited by Asahi Interactive for an article from overseas RED VENTURES for Japan.