Every smart home device that works with Matter

Two years aft its launch, Matter — the smart location standard developed by Apple, Google, Amazon, and Samsung — is yet gaining traction. A communal connection for your astute home, Matter is designed to simplify buying, mounting up, and utilizing connected gadgets. With Matter, you shouldn’t request to interest if this smart lock volition enactment with your telephone oregon that light bulb with your astute speaker. If it works with Matter, it should enactment with immoderate Matter-enabled astute location level oregon device.

In this article, you’ll find a database of each the Matter-compatible products you tin bargain now, on with details connected however they volition enactment successful your astute home. We besides person accusation connected the astute location platforms that enactment Matter and what you request to get started with them. We’ll support this updated arsenic caller accusation comes out.

What is Matter?

Matter is simply a caller modular developed by large players successful the astute home, including Amazon, Apple, Google, and Samsung. An unfastened connectivity protocol that instrumentality manufacturers tin usage to alteration easier, much secure, and much reliable connection successful your home, it’s designed to marque the astute location easier to use.

A superior intent of Matter is to assistance connected gadgets enactment with each different crossed platforms and ecosystems, truthful you won’t person to look to spot if it works with Amazon Alexa, Apple Home, oregon Google Home erstwhile buying a astute gadget. If it works with Matter, it volition enactment with immoderate oregon each of them.

With Matter, you tin power your astute gadgets with immoderate Matter-compatible platform, simultaneously utilizing iOS oregon Android devices oregon your dependable adjunct of choice. So, if you person an iPhone and your roommate has a Google Pixel, some of you tin power your astute lights.

Matter works locally implicit 2 wireless protocols, Thread and Wi-Fi, with nary required unreality dependency. This should marque turning your astute lights connected arsenic accelerated arsenic flipping a airy power (just much convenient). Matter besides has security built into the standard, truthful you tin consciousness much assured astir buying connected devices.

For much details connected however Matter volition enactment with each astute location platform, what you volition request to get started with Matter, and however Matter works, work my explainer, “What Matters astir Matter.”

The existent authorities of Matter

Following the astir recent spec merchandise successful May 2024, Matter present supports astir instrumentality types you mightiness privation to usage successful your astute location (with a fewer notable exceptions). Energy absorption — a compelling crushed to link your devices if you privation to trim vigor usage and prevention wealth — is besides present portion of the standard. It whitethorn beryllium a portion until we spot wide implementation, but it’s an important measurement for Matter.

However, conscionable due to the fact that you built it doesn’t mean they’ll come. Matter provides the gathering blocks for a smarter home, but arsenic of July 2024, lone a fistful of manufacturers person added enactment for the modular to their devices. Additionally, portion each the large platforms enactment immoderate instrumentality types, nary enactment them all.

Matter inactive doesn’t enactment cameras oregon location information systems, and portion vigor absorption volition beryllium a large summation erstwhile it’s implemented, h2o heaters and vigor pumps — important successful controlling vigor usage — aren’t portion of the modular yet.

Feature enactment for immoderate instrumentality types successful Matter is inactive bare-bones: you can’t adhd a PIN to doorway locks connected via Matter, nor does Matter enactment astute lighting features similar dynamic airy scenes oregon adaptive lighting. Thread borderline routers are inactive causing headaches successful immoderate astute homes, and Matter’s overmuch touted Multi-Admin diagnostic — which should fto you power your gadgets successful immoderate level you privation — is inactive spotty.

All of this means Matter isn’t acceptable to beryllium the main mode to link each your devices successful your astute home, and it has a agelong mode to spell earlier it’s acceptable for the mainstream. But if you’re anxious to get started and spot immoderate of the promised benefits successful your ain astute location — section control, improved instrumentality security, and being capable to power your gadgets with immoderate astute location level you similar — past work connected for everything you request to cognize astir what works with Matter today.

Smart location instrumentality types supported by Matter

As of July 2024, the Matter spec supports the pursuing instrumentality types:

Device types supported

These instrumentality types are successful the Matter spec and are presently supported by immoderate oregon each Matter-compatible platforms.

Device types announced

These instrumentality types person been added to the Matter spec but are not presently supported by immoderate platforms and / oregon determination are nary disposable products to bargain successful these categories.

Matter supports basal functions for astir instrumentality types, which means that whether you usage a gadget successful Apple Home oregon Amazon Alexa, you’ll person the aforesaid controls. Smart location platforms tin adhd features connected apical of Matter, positive you whitethorn request to usage the manufacturer’s app for features not supported by Matter — specified arsenic mounting dynamic lighting scenes for astute lights, mapping for robot vacuums, and PINs for astute locks.

The Connectivity Standards Alliance says enactment for security cameras, store doorway controllers, ambient question and beingness sensors, Wi-Fi routers, and entree points are each connected its roadmap. It is besides moving connected much features for existing instrumentality types.

Smart location devices that enactment with Matter

Matter-compatible products tin beryllium identified by a Matter logo connected the packaging and a Matter QR codification connected the instrumentality itself. The objection is existing devices that person been updated to Matter with over-the-air firmware updates and devices that tin beryllium added to Matter done a proprietary hub oregon span (such arsenic Philips Hue lights).

To usage Matter devices, you volition request a Matter controller and a astute location level that supports Matter. We’ve got details connected controllers astatine the extremity of this article, and you tin work astir the platforms that enactment Matter here.

Now, let's get into the gadgety bully stuff. Here are each the products that presently enactment Matter.

Smart doorway locks

All the large platforms enactment astute doorway locks done Matter, but lone a fistful of locks presently enactment with the standard. This is due to the fact that astir astute locks usage Wi-Fi, and the Matter spec does not enactment battery-powered devices that link implicit Wi-Fi.

I’ve written much astir the supported Matter locks here, but the biggest happening to cognize is that if you usage a fastener done Matter, the lone guaranteed enactment is the quality to fastener and unlock it. Features specified arsenic adding PINs beryllium connected what the level you are utilizing supports. Apple Home and SmartThings enactment PINs done Matter, but Google and Amazon Alexa don’t.

Smart thermostats and heating / cooling / aerial purifying equipment

It’s not wide wherefore determination aren’t much thermostats that enactment Matter today; the caller Nest Thermostat is the lone 1 that works with the communal HVAC units successful the US market. The Matter spec supports astir functions you mightiness request to power specified a device, truthful if you privation a Matter thermostat, that’s the 1 to spell for close now.

Ecobee told maine it is committed to Matter but hasn’t shared a timeline connected erstwhile its thermostats volition enactment the standard. However, erstwhile they do, the institution said it should beryllium via an over-the-air update, truthful clasp disconnected connected swapping retired your Ecobee if you’re getting antsy.

Robot vacuums

For robot vacuums, the Matter spec supports functions including distant commencement and advancement notifications, switching cleaning modes (i.e., from adust vacuum to bedewed mopping), and presumption details specified arsenic brushwood and charging presumption and mistake reporting. 

Matter does not enactment country mapping, truthful you volition inactive request to usage the manufacturer’s app for that. However, based connected Apple’s plans to instrumentality robo-vac support successful Matter, it appears you tin power room-specific cleaning done Matter.

Samsung SmartThings is the archetypal level to adhd enactment for robot vacuums; it volition beryllium disposable this summer. Apple has said enactment will travel aboriginal this year, but arsenic of July 2nd, neither Amazon Alexa nor Google Home enactment robot vacuum power done Matter.

These robot vacuums are Matter-compatible according to their manufacturers:

Home appliances

Fridges, dishwashers, washers, dryers, and ovens are each supported Matter instrumentality types, but truthful far, you can’t bargain immoderate appliances with Matter support.

Manufacturers Whirlpool (which owns KitchenAid and Maytag), Midea, Hisense, Toshiba, LG, Samsung, and Haier (which owns GE Appliances) are each members of Matter. But truthful far, lone Midea has implemented the standard, and lone successful a dishwasher and microwave, neither of which you tin bargain yet.

Televisions & media streaming devices

Several TV manufacturers, including TCL, Hisense, Toshiba, and Universal Electronics person said their products volition enactment Matter. LG and Samsung person enabled their newer TVs arsenic Matter controllers, but not Matter devices.

As a Matter-enabled device, a TV should beryllium controllable done your astute location app, including adjusting volume, changing inputs, powering connected and off, and changing channels.

Amazon has added Matter enactment to its Fire TVs (running Fire OS 7 oregon higher), which enables Matter Casting. This diagnostic of Matter lets you formed contented from an app connected your telephone to an app connected a TV oregon display. So far, lone Amazon supports it, and lone for Prime Video.

Smart shades, blinds, and shutters

Controlling shades is reasonably simple: it’s either up oregon down oregon partially open. Matter enactment is disposable for each those features, positive tilting for blinds, truthful if you are looking for astute shades, those with Matter enactment volition enactment arsenic expected with each the large platforms.

Smart lighting

There are galore astute lighting options disposable successful Matter, from bulbs, switches, and astute plugs to a lamp oregon 2 and a mates of outlets. If you privation to power your astute lights with basal connected / off, dimming, and colour control, past immoderate of the options beneath volition enactment good for you.

The payment of Matter present is the lights volition link straight to your level of prime without needing a third-party app and volition enactment locally successful your location without relying connected the unreality for commands, meaning they should respond much rapidly and reliably.

However, if you privation to instrumentality vantage of further features offered by immoderate astute lighting companies (Philips Hue, Wiz, and Nanoleaf, for example), you’ll request their apps to power those. This includes dynamic lighting scenes, information lighting, oregon circadian bushed lighting (Apple’s Adaptive Lighting).

Smart bulbs and lights

Smart switches and buttons

Smart plugs and outlets

Several astute plugs enactment with Matter (over Thread oregon Wi-Fi). Matter supports basal connected / disconnected functionality. While the Matter spec present supports vigor monitoring, nary of the platforms person implemented that diagnostic yet, truthful the Matter plugs listed beneath that enactment vigor monitoring bash truthful done their app (e.g., Eve Energy and the Eve app).

Smart sensors

Sensors person immoderate of the astir robust enactment of immoderate instrumentality type, with enactment successful Matter for occupancy, unfastened / close, light, somesthesia and humidity, and unit and travel sensing for h2o leak detectors. Ambient and beingness sensing are promised for a aboriginal update.

Bridges successful Matter

Smart location devices that usage a proprietary span — specified arsenic Philips Hue astute bulbs, Aqara sensors, oregon a SwitchBot doorway lock — tin beryllium “bridged” into Matter to power their connected devices successful a Matter astute location platform. If you person devices that enactment done a span and that span has been updated to Matter, the devices connected to it volition enactment successful a Matter platform.

Be aware, though, that due to the fact that of the existent limitations of Matter control, you mightiness suffer immoderate features if you span your devices done Matter alternatively than done existing integrations.

For example, Apple Home’s Adaptive Lighting diagnostic works with Philips Hue bulbs if you link your span to Apple Home done HomeKit, but not if you link it to Apple Home done Matter.

Bridges that presently enactment Matter

What are Matter controllers and Thread borderline routers, and wherefore bash you request them?

To usage a Matter device, you request a Matter controller. This onboards Matter devices to your location network, controls them, manages communications and automations, and facilitates remote entree (when enabled). A Matter controller needs to beryllium a instrumentality that is ever successful your home, ever powered, and has a Wi-Fi oregon ethernet transportation to your location network.

You request a Matter controller for the astute location level you program to use: an Apple HomePod oregon Apple TV for Apple Home, a Google Nest Hub for Google Home, an Amazon instrumentality for Alexa, etc. You’ll besides request that platform’s smartphone oregon tablet app — these enactment arsenic Matter commissioners, connecting the Matter instrumentality to a Matter Controller.

These are the astute location apps that presently enactment arsenic Matter commissioners:

Every large astute location level has updated its existing hubs and astute speakers to marque them Matter controllers. Some controllers are besides Thread borderline routers, which you volition request if you adhd immoderate Thread devices to your home. Thread is 1 of the main wireless protocols Matter runs over, on with Wi-Fi. Amazon (Eero) and Google person updated their Wi-Fi routers to beryllium some Matter controllers and Thread borderline routers, giving you a bully all-in-one enactment (more connected that below).

Matter controllers with Thread borderline routers

Apple Home

Google Home

Samsung SmartThings

Amazon Alexa

Other Platforms

Matter controllers without Thread

Apple Home

Amazon Alexa

Google Home

Samsung SmartThings

Other platforms

Wi-Fi routers arsenic Thread borderline routers and Matter controllers

If you person a Matter and Thread-enabled Wi-Fi router, you won’t request immoderate different Matter controller successful your home, assuming it’s a Matter controller for the level you privation to use.

Amazon spokesperson Connor Rice confirmed to The Verge that these Eero devices tin each enactment arsenic Alexa Matter controllers and Thread borderline routers. Eero Beacons and the older Wi-Fi 5 Eero Pro devices tin besides enactment arsenic Thread borderline routers. Wi-Fi routers are not Matter devices yet, though the CSA says they are connected the roadmap.

Having Matter and Thread built into a Wi-Fi router makes a batch of sense. You don’t request to bargain further devices to acceptable up a Matter product, making the process easier. It’s conscionable a shame that astir Matter controllers don’t enactment much than 1 platform; you inactive request 1 for each astute location strategy you privation to use. Comcast, which has besides been a large subordinate successful processing Matter, made its xFi gateway Matter-compatible, but it doesn’t person Thread and doesn’t presently enactment with immoderate astute location platforms.

A aboriginal wherever each Wi-Fi routers person Thread and Matter built-in could yet marque mounting up a astute location easy.

Update, July 3rd, 10AM ET: Added details astir caller instrumentality types supported by Matter, added respective caller Matter-enabled products, and removed each references to products that promised Matter support. The database lone shows those that actively enactment Matter unless indicated otherwise.