We’ve been talking about Matter for a few months now, the new universal connection protocol that comes to revolutionize home automation. No more looking for light bulbs, plugs, or any smart gadget compatible with HomeKit, Alexa, or Google Home, Matter is here to make all devices compatible with each other. Manufacturers have to integrate this new protocol and now Amazon Just Updated Its Echo Speakers To Make Them Compatible With Matter. Keep reading that we will tell you the details of this new integration.
Also remind you that iOS 16 also became compatible with Matter, so that very soon we will be able to control all the smart devices in our home through any of our devices. Also, what is interesting is that Matter allows local connection so we can forget about clouds or connection hubs. as we tell you, Amazon has updated 17 of its Echo devices:
- Echo Dot (5th Gen)
- Echo Dot with Clock (5th Gen)
- Echo Dot (4th Gen)
- Echo Dot with Clock (4th Gen)
- Echo Dot (3rd Gen, 2018)
- Echo Dot with clock (3rd Gen, 2018)
- Echo (4th Gen)
- EchoStudio
- echo (v3)
- echo input
- EchoFlex
- Echo Show 8 (2nd Gen, 2021)
- EchoShow 8
- Echo Show 10 (3rd Gen)
- Echo Show 5 (2nd Gen, 2021)
- EchoShow 5
- EchoShow 15
And they already warn that soon we will have more speakers compatible with Matter… Of course, for now this integration is only compatible with androidbut soon they will be (beginning of 2023) also compatible with the Thread protocol and with iOS so soon we will be able to enjoy this universal integration with our Apple devices. Great news that will undoubtedly benefit us all and that denote the interest of companies to avoid wars and combine technology for the benefit of users, and of them obviously… We will give you more details as soon as the Echo Matter becomes compatible with iOS.