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Amazon, Google, Apple back alliance to certify Matter smart home devices CNET 1 hr ago Stephen Shankland © Provided by CNET The three-arrow Matter logo shown on this smart lightbulb signifies smart-home tech that will work well with other devices. Connectivity Standards Alliance; illustration by Stephen Shankland/CNET An industry alliance sponsored by Apple, Google, Amazon and other tech companies will begin certifying smart home devices later this year using a network technology called Matter, a potentially important step toward making the new technology more widely acce...

Apple, Google And Amazon To Make Smart Home Devices Universal With 'Matter' KEY POINTS Matter-certified devices will be marked with a logo recognized by big tech giants The new alliance will be beneficial to both consumers and developers In a move to unify smart home devices, Apple, Google and Amazon have teamed up with other tech companies to make the home networks more universal and user-friendly.  The tech majors have collaborated to sponsor Matter -- an alliance that certifies smart home devices by placing its logo on them as an indication, CNET reported. The Matter logo will loo...

Connectivity Standards Alliance unveils Matter, a standard for making smart home devices work together on May 12, 2021, 16:51 Something to look forward to: The global smart home market will grow 21 percent in the next five years according to data from Counterpoint Research. That growth could accelerate if the Connectivity Standards Alliance (the old 'Zigbee Alliance') is successful in its effort to make smart home devices easy to purchase and use, secure, reliable, and remove the many barriers that currently exist between devices from different vendors. Back in 2019, we ...

Project CHIP is being rebranded to Matter as product certifications approach. The Zigbee Alliance is also being renamed the Connectivity Standards Alliance. The first Matter-certified devices are expected to arrive later this year. Project Connected Home over IP (CHIP) is getting rebranded to Matter. The announcement comes as the Zigbee Alliance, which consists of companies like Amazon, Google, and Apple, also rebrands itself to the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA). The group rebranding should help avoid any confusion between the Zigbee network and what was formerly Zigbee Alliance. Howe...

(Pocket-lint) - The Apple, Google, and Amazon-backed smart home partnership known as Project CHIP now has a new name - Matter. After the initiative first launched back in 2019, with the Zigbee Alliance at its core, the work has now resulted in a new, formalised standard. The principle aim, though, is still the same - to help create a more interoperable and secure smart home that allows both manufacturers and users to benefit. The move to rebrand comes ahead of the first Matter certifications - which are expected to be in late 2021 - with the new branding and logo set to feature on different d...