You can easily set up Matter devices with Amazon Echo using Matter Simple Setup or manually through the Alexa app. Smart home devices can often feel about as far from smart as you can get.

Amazon has spent years extolling Alexa's abilities as a voice assistant, even though it seems most people use it mainly to ...

Philips has announced its first smart lock compatible with Matter It also revealed a smart lock with both palm recognition and video Both locks will be available to buy in the second half of 2025 ...

SmartWings’ new smart shades are the first we’ve seen to boast Matter-over-Ethernet connectivity, meaning no need for ...

Getting all those badges is about to get simpler for manufacturers, though. The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), which ...

I’ve written in the past about how one of the disadvantages of Smart Home devices is that they aren’t really inter-operable, and you have to commit to a single ecosystem — Amazon, Google, Apple, etc., ...

Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Samsung SmartThings, and Apple Home are some major smart home platforms supporting Matter, along with hundreds of device manufacturers.

The original Alexa software, built on top of technology acquired from British start-up Evi in 2012, was a question-answering ...

Matter is the universal smart home standard that simplifies device compatibility across ecosystems. Whether you prefer HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, or Samsung SmartThings, a Matter ...

It might seem difficult setting these things up at first, but if you work at it you'll be left with a great experience that'll make you feel like your Alexa devices are working hard for you ...

Matter currently lacks support for Wi-Fi smart ... including controlling music playback on a HomePod from a Nest Hub or Alexa and vice versa.