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Can Matter save the smart home?

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In our final Vergecast Spec-tacular of the year, Dieter Bohn dives into Matter, the new tech standard that smart home gadgets will use to communicate with each other, making compatibility between gadgets significantly easier.

Guests include:

  • Verge smart home reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
  • Michelle Mindala-Freeman, Head of Marketing for the Connectivity Standards Alliance.
  • Tim Both, brand manager and product manager for Eve
  • Samantha Fein, VP of Marketing and Business Development at Samsung SmartThings


    • Further reading:

    • Matter's plan to save the smart home
    • What matters about Matter, the new smart home standard
    • Matter could bring universal casting that actual works
    • Smart home company Eve plans to use Matter to move beyond Apple’s HomeKit
    • Amazon confirms its support for Matter
    • Google shares its commitment to Matter, promises future interoperability between smart home platforms 
    • Samsung promises Matter support for SmartThings hubs, Galaxy devices, TVs, and fridges

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