Google has announced the global availability of the Matter Protocol on Google Nest and Android products. It’s now possible to pair her connected devices together via Google Home, regardless of manufacturer.
After more than a month Matter 1.0 releaseGoogle makes this global platform available on all of its versions connected objects. As expected, the tech giant has directly updated its fleet of devices to make them compatible automatically.
Connect all objects through one platform
With the iOS 16.2 update, Apple has not brought From a collaborative work application or karaoke mode. The apple giant has also made Article Protocol available. Google follows suit and yesterday made its devices compatible with this new standard. Whether it’s a Google speaker, monitor, smoke detector, thermostat, or even the brand’s video doorbell, all of these objects can be connected and controlled via a compatible hub.
On the contrary, owning a google home speakerGoogle Home Mini, Nest Mini, Nest Audio, Nest Hub 1st and 2nd generation, Nest Hub Max, or Nest Wifi Pro Allows you to control objects from other brands that are compatible with Matter.
The first and second generation Nest Wifi Pro, Nest Hub Max, and Nest Hub can be used as thread routers. This protocol uses less power by creating a mesh network thus connecting maximum number of objects together in the house.
Quickly pair things up
Google announces that this update brings Matter support for Fast Pair to Android devices. Thus, it is now easy to pair objects connected to your home network, to Google Home, or to any other Matter-compatible app. With the arrival of this great universal protocol, compatible beings have been given a badge indicating this. Google recommends taking a closer look at having this badge if people want to have an object connected to their home to be controlled with Google devices.
Google and Samsung have teamed up to offer simplified multi-department functionality from 2023. The giant states that by opening the Google Home app, it will be possible to see Matter-compatible objects already connected via Samsung Smart Things. One of the options will allow you to easily pass these objects to the Google home page and vice versa. Finally, early next year, Matter on Google Home will be compatible with iOS.
