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Report: ‘Matter’ Standard Has ‘Undeniable Momentum’
“Matter was the buzzword throughout CES 2023 this year, with most companies even remotely connected to the smart home loudly discussing their Matter plans.”
The new smart home standard was featured in several keynotes and displayed prominently in smart home device makers’ booths as well as in Google, Amazon, and Samsung’s big, showy displays. More importantly, dozens of companies and manufacturers announced specific plans. Several companies said they would update entire product lines, while others announced new ones, sometimes with actual dates and prices. And Matter controllers have become a major thing, with at least four brand-new ones debuting at CES. Interestingly, nearly all of them have a dual or triple function, helping banish the specter of seemingly pointless white hubs stuck in your router closet….
Matter works over the protocols Thread, Wi-Fi, and ethernet and has been jointly developed by Apple, Google, Samsung, Amazon, and pretty much every other smart home brand you can name, big or small. If a device supports Matter, it will work locally with Amazon Alexa, Samsung SmartThings, Apple Home, Google Home, and any other smart home platform that supports Matter. It will also be controllable by any of the four voice assistants….
The big four have turned on Matter support on their platforms, but Amazon’s approach has been piecemeal, and aside from Apple, nobody supports onboarding devices to Matter on iOS yet.
However, that is shifting: at CES, Amazon announced a full rollout by spring, and Samsung’s Jaeyeon Jung told The Verge that Matter support is coming to its iOS app this month. There’s still no news on Matter support in Google Home’s iOS app. Then there’s the whole competing Thread network issue, although that sounds like it will be resolved sooner rather than later….
The Matter device drought should be over soon — although, judging by most of these ship dates, not until at least the second half of 2023.
“It’s also likely we’ll see dedicated bridges coming out that can bring Z-Wave and other products with proprietary protocols into Matter….”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Standard General sends letter to Elizabeth Warren on Tegna deal, requests meeting (update)
All standard Destiny 2 armor mods are being unlocked for everyone
Bungie has announced that all the standard Destiny 2 armor mods will be unlocked for all players beginning January 11. With the Destiny 2 Lightfall release date just over a month away, Bungie says it wants “to give everyone a chance to enjoy all mods in their current state” before major changes arrive alongside the MMORPG’s next big expansion.
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What’s going on with the Standard Chartered share price?
The Standard Chartered share price has jumped this week — and over the past year. Shareholder Christopher Ruane digs into why as he considers his next move.
The post What’s going on with the Standard Chartered share price? appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
The Qi2 wireless charging standard will mandate magnet strength for less slip ‘n slide
I couldn’t justify keeping Apple’s MagSafe Battery Pack because it didn’t stay firmly stuck to my phone without swiveling, and I’ve seen third-party attachments that are much, much worse. Thankfully, the next version of the Qi wireless charging standard, Qi2, will mandate magnet strength, size, and dimensions in addition to its electrical properties — even though that’s the opposite of what I reported yesterday.
(The bigger news about Qi2: it should mean that future Android phones and Apple phones will be able to use the same wireless magnetic charger, effectively MagSafe for Android.)
Today, I got an email from WPC spokesperson Paul Golden apologizing for passing along incorrect information…
Qi2 standard will bring efficiency and interoperability to wireless charging
The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) is working on a new standard for wireless charging. Qi2 (pronounced “chee two”) is designed to be efficient and interoperable, bringing unity to the industry and promoting market growth. This time, Apple seems to be willing to play a more collaborative role rather than going…