Matter 1.2 – New device types and improvements

Step in the right direction, but I wonder what's taking so long on getting support for cameras. That's my biggest use case at the moment. Having a bunch of Nest cameras that don't natively incorporate with HomeKit and having to do all sorts of work arounds to get a still generally crappy experience is killing my excitement for the smart home. And I won't buy new ones until they support Matter and there is true interoperability.

Is this a paper launch or did they stop working in the open?<p>Just look at the dishwasher example[1]: It is a lazy copy of the Lamp example. They couldn&#x27;t even be bothered to fix the title. The rest of the source code is as good as empty and was not updated in months.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;project-chip&#x2F;connectedhomeip&#x2F;tree&#x2F;master&#x2F;examples&#x2F;dishwasher-app&#x2F;linux">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;project-chip&#x2F;connectedhomeip&#x2F;tree&#x2F;master&#x2F;...</a>

Air purifiers and robot vacuums, but still no &quot;power socket” device type??<p>(There is “binary switch”, which is what my Matter power sockets expose - but the measurements that I actually care about (total kWh, volts, amps, frequency, etc) are only exposed via the company’s proprietary app which runs in parallel “because there is no way of exposing these via Matter” :( )

This seemed exceedingly notable to me:<p>&gt; <i>Device &amp; Endpoint Composition – Devices can now be hierarchically composed from complex endpoints allowing for accurate modeling of appliances, multi-unit switches, and multi-light fixtures.</i>

ELI5: Matter is a &quot;unified approach to IOT development&quot;<p>IOT = Internet of Things<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.silabs.com&#x2F;wireless&#x2F;matter" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.silabs.com&#x2F;wireless&#x2F;matter</a>

Do high-end appliance makers like Miele, Bosch and Sub-Zero have Matter on their roadmaps? (Also, how do I search for Matter without dredging up the entire internet?)

As I remember, Matter is using blockchain for doing something with their certifications. Does anyone know more about this? What they do there and whether this legitimate usage or just some case of buzzword-bingo?

I wonder when Ikea&#x27;s Dirigera <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ikea.com&#x2F;us&#x2F;en&#x2F;p&#x2F;dirigera-hub-for-smart-products-white-smart-50503414&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ikea.com&#x2F;us&#x2F;en&#x2F;p&#x2F;dirigera-hub-for-smart-products...</a> is getting Matter support. Have been waiting for ages now

Off-topic, but what&#x27;s with the strange font in the image at the top of the article? I see it&#x27;s based off of the &quot;csa&quot; logo. I can&#x27;t explain why but it&#x27;s almost uncomfortable to read it with those connected glyphs.

There’s now support for robot vacuums, which is a big deal.

Does anyone know if Matter is being embraced by companies working on home automation products?<p>I&#x27;m in India and it seems that the ecosystem is really garbage -- some devices work with Alexa, some with Google, and very little work with _all_ major providers (and I&#x27;m an Apple user). Is it better in other countries?

Is there a SIMPLE way to have a small python or go program act as a &quot;switch&quot; that shows up in Google home? The last time I tried looking at the matter stuff even checking out the git repo required gigabytes of storage and it seemed the opposite of simple.

I wish I could use Hue&#x27;s silly RGB colour loop mode over this now, but it&#x27;s still hidden behind a labs experiment.<p>(Connecting to HomeKit via Matter has actually been smoother than using the Hue app)

It is still very hard to find matter devices. We wanted recessed downlights and ended up with Zigbee.<p>My air conditioner just died, would be great if a matter compatible one became available.

Is there anything similar for healthcare IoT? It seems most products have their own App and Backend to share the data and nothing remotely close to universal.

In hindsight it makes sense but I never would have guessed that device types are hard coded by the protocol.

Cool update, really excited to get native support for air quality measurements here

No support for (3-phase) power metering yet :&#x2F;

I wish CANOpen took off, what a world it would be.

This still feels like:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;927&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;927&#x2F;</a>