Google announces new tools for developers against the new smart home standard "Matter"

 

The direction of the industry seems to be visible ...?

As smart home product makers move toward the new standard " Matter," Google has announced new tools to help its smart speakers and displays, Android, and Nest security devices work together.

The new standard "Matter" was originally called CHIP (Project Connect Home over IP). In addition to Google, one of the investors, Apple, Amazon, etc. also participated in the development. "Matter" uses a combination of Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE, and Thread (a low-power mesh networking technology that has been used in Google smart homes for the last few years).

The Google Home Developer Center provides the SDKs and plugins needed for smart home devices to work well with Matter and other Google Home ecosystems, which developers will be able to access starting next year. It has become. Includes Google Home actions that can be programmed to help new users know where to start, such as in-app custom prompts, as well as toolkits for creating automation and routines, and customized routine suggestions. increase.

The "Google Home Device SDK" enables smart home device makers to seamlessly support the Google Home ecosystem by not only "Matter" but also by simple setup and integration with Google Assistant. With it, everything works fine (for Google, everything works with Google Home).

In addition, it has been announced that there is protocol support for Android through Google Play Services. This seems to make it easy to connect to new "Matter" devices via Wi-Fi or Thread. Also, next year, it seems that more functions will come out with the device shortcut that has been moved from the power menu of Android 12 to the quick setting.

This announcement does not mean that the smart home environment will change for users right now ... but that the industry is working to make more things easier in the smart home environment from next year onwards. It seems to be caught.

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