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Achieve smart home interoperability with open source technology<\/span>
\nFlorian Robert<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 11\/02\/2022 – 03:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advertisers sell the myth of the “Smart Home” as a magical world where you automate everything with ease to simplify your life and free your mind of trivial tasks. It looks great on paper and TV, but so far, it’s mainly been a battle of technologies and manufacturers.<\/p>\n

Suppose you want to add a presence sensor from manufacturer A to your existing hub from manufacturer B so you can switch ON your light from manufacturer B. Or perhaps you want to switch OFF your air conditioner when your door is open, but the door sensor is not from the air conditioning manufacturer. Will it work?<\/p>\n

There’s a significant chance that the devices you want to link to one another don’t talk the same “language.” You might research compatibility for weeks before deciding to take your chances. It may or may not work. There are so many technologies, protocols, APIs, and cloud connectors involved that you just can’t be sure until you spend a lot of money trying them. So far, the “Smart Home” has been an over-complex world in which every vendor tries to push its own technology, protocol, and stack at the cost of consumer freedom, time, effort, and expense.<\/p>\n

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The Matter standard<\/h2>\n

Recently, a new standard released its first version, codenamed Matter<\/em>. This could be a game-changer for smart home interoperability. Matter promises to connect devices from different brands and avoid purchasing a hub from each manufacturer. Matter brings direct local connectivity where before, integration between various manufacturers passed through a cloud or a concentrator hub.<\/p>\n

However, there are questions:<\/p>\n