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Owning an Apple Home: The broken promise of Matter

Matter has been a unifying standard for the smart home, but it hasn’t saved users from the complexity it promised to fix. Here’s where it falls short in some of our Apple Homes.

Split-screen close-ups of smart home devices: a ceiling light on the left, a smart light bulb in the center, and a smart plug with two outlets on the right
Matter is supposed to be unifying, but manufacturers are resistant to letting users leave their apps

The smart home started life as a disjointed mess and new standards hoped to unify the different platforms. Today, everything feels a little too spread out even with better cross-platform compatibility.

Don’t get me wrong, owning a smart home has been much improved thanks to Matter. The Connectivity Standards Alliance has done great work.

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