Matter, a new smart home standard that was founded by Apple, Google, Amazon, and other members to form the Connectivity Standards Alliance, has been delayed until next year, a disappointing but perhaps inevitable move.
Announced in 2020, Matter, which was previously known as Project CHIP, was formed by the coming together of the world’s biggest smart home giants and uses unified IP-based connectivity to offer a standard universal protocol for developers. The idea is that developers and manufacturers can build more Internet of Things devices that work across all modern smart home controlled technologies, like Google Assistant, Amazon Alex, and Siri.
The Connectivity Standards Alliance had previously hoped to begin rolling out the technology this year, but the standard has now been delayed until 2022, which is perhaps inevitable due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The alliance says that the project is complete, but it needs more time to work on a program in which developers can apply for certification, as well as finish building the SDK that developers will use to access it.
A number of smart home accessory companies have already confirmed their intentions to use Matter, such as Google, Amazon, Apple, Huawei, Comcast, and Nanoleaf.
Check back soon for the latest on the project, as and when we get it.