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Apple, Amazon and Google, oh my! Why the Matter Alliance Matters

A high-powered tech collaboration, the Matter Alliance already has Apple, Amazon and Google working together to make the connected home more seamless. If it lives up to its promise, this could lead to the next big step forward for smart homes. Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant could become best buds. We talk through the current…

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A high-powered tech collaboration, the Matter Alliance already has Apple, Amazon and Google working together to make the connected home more seamless. If it lives up to its promise, this could lead to the next big step forward for smart homes. Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant could become best buds.

We talk through the current partners, tangible steps we’re seeing so far and best- and worst-case scenarios.

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54 Comments

  1. Jahspecs1

    June 19, 2021 at 6:29 pm

    FINALLY!

  2. FormulaWill

    June 19, 2021 at 6:40 pm

    Orwellian. The goal is to collect data. Talking across platforms is a necessary step to achieve more individual data acquisition. The consumer does not own or control the data generated.

  3. Benjamin W

    June 19, 2021 at 6:43 pm

    I just want to know why Kroger is on the list

  4. Ben

    June 19, 2021 at 6:55 pm

    What about Thread? ……

  5. jerry vincent

    June 19, 2021 at 7:01 pm

    I can’t think of a reason Apple needs this type of gig.🇺🇸🐻

  6. michael ansbro

    June 19, 2021 at 7:41 pm

    great for couch potatoes

    I have a smart person in my home !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. Andrés Ossa

    June 19, 2021 at 7:42 pm

    Should I be hyped by this? Deeply concerned? Or desperately scared? I’m not sure. For me, it sounds more like Ultron than Advengers.

  8. Phil Greg

    June 19, 2021 at 8:24 pm

    What a nightmare and invasion of privacy i can do without. The more smarts u have the less secure your home and privacy will be. Don’t trust them one bit.

  9. Moulik Shrivastava

    June 19, 2021 at 8:26 pm

    Basically bluetooth and wifi standards

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    June 19, 2021 at 8:26 pm

    The beginning of SKYNET! 😉

  11. Alex Zermeno

    June 19, 2021 at 8:29 pm

    Sounds interesting, I would suggest googling which devices are compatible. I bought a Nest thermostat and a Echo Show 8, but I was able to adjust the thermostat by using my smart hub. This was a few years ago, I use Apple products and sometimes I wish they were more compatible with other devices. For example I use a Roku device because Apple does not allow certain apps on AppleTV.

  12. Chi Sa

    June 19, 2021 at 8:29 pm

    Not only do you use to add “finally” too much you pronounce it “finely” too much. 🙃

  13. aesean

    June 19, 2021 at 8:55 pm

    Finally everyone is Spying together.

  14. foxroano9t

    June 19, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    It only Matters For Apple Users, most devices support Google/Amazon.

  15. Dibya Rana Saha Roy

    June 19, 2021 at 9:25 pm

    What about the data? Would competing brands (say Apple) allow their rivals (say Amazon) access to their customer data? What about Apple’s schtick with data privacy? And Amazon’s blatant disregard for that?!?

  16. ssahmad

    June 19, 2021 at 9:56 pm

    IKEA makes smart speakers, that’s why they’re on there.

    • Omar Sayyed

      June 21, 2021 at 12:12 am

      Yup, and smart lights and curtains as well!

  17. Tristan Goddard

    June 19, 2021 at 10:29 pm

    This will be amazing! I have Amazon Echo devices, a Samsung phone and and Apple IPad… Currently it is really annoying that some of my smart devices work with each other and some don’t! I have a couple of smart bulbs, a smart TV and a few smart plugs and while most of them work automatically with my phone only one of the bulbs works with my iPad, unless I use the Alea app on my iPad, so I cant just ask Siri to turn on the light or turn on the lamp, but the Apple compatible smart devices are generally way more expensive and some of them wont work with say Alexa or Android.. This would be a game changer!

  18. kemistrypops

    June 19, 2021 at 10:59 pm

    What’s the watch on his wrist?

  19. You Tube

    June 19, 2021 at 11:07 pm

    As with everything else in life, everything works better when people/things work together.

  20. You Tube

    June 19, 2021 at 11:11 pm

    Que the paranoid delusions of the conspiracy theorists.

  21. David Jamgochian

    June 19, 2021 at 11:26 pm

    Chef Boyardee

  22. Mo A

    June 20, 2021 at 12:07 am

    Why do you have compare it to a movie a franchise? Good grief you really have to work on your journalism.

  23. Cotten

    June 20, 2021 at 12:15 am

    Imagine not being able to hide from any of these companies. Imagine not having any privacy. Wait. I don’t have to imagine….

    • artraft

      June 20, 2021 at 3:15 am

      Then the Netflix suggestion algorithm wouldn’t work and we would have a chaos in Supply Chain

    • artraft

      June 20, 2021 at 3:22 am

      Also… you would need to unpack all the products you buy and remove labeling to avoid influence … but as soon as the person would be out home … would be at mercy of all ads and marketing.

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    June 20, 2021 at 12:44 am

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  25. Juan Mm

    June 20, 2021 at 1:26 am

    Maybe amazon and google, but apple will never do this, they’re too proud

    • Chase Law

      June 20, 2021 at 3:28 pm

      I disagree just because Apple doesn’t have their own smart home products outside of HomePod and AppleTV. They just offer supper for outsiders

  26. Mjnj 2000

    June 20, 2021 at 3:26 am

    Imagine zero privacy and your entire home easily hacked. Fun

  27. Lou Marlowe

    June 20, 2021 at 7:03 am

    It’s a horrible idea leaving a microphone on 24/7 in your home. They plan to spy and sell what they record. Burn your amazon echo’s ASAP.

  28. S Ander

    June 20, 2021 at 7:52 am

    When you look at the what companies are in zigbee alliance and with the matter you see that those are same companies. Not very promising. Btw ikea is making smart home devices. I have smart bulbs and switches and that terrible ikea hub which is lacking so many features but is only hub which you can use to update ikea devices.

  29. David Skaliczky

    June 20, 2021 at 8:58 am

    IKEA needs to join the party!

  30. Odhiambo Washington

    June 20, 2021 at 11:44 am

    MATTER is good for the Apple, Amazon and Google – they will start making new devices compliant with MATTER. It means we’ll (consumers) need to buy new devices too and the business continues.

  31. Christopher G

    June 20, 2021 at 2:36 pm

    I don’t see a downside to that. Yeah they may favor their own smart speakers and add features to hype them up. It’ll be nice to be able to control stuff from an iPhone when someone you live with owns an Android and there’s an Echo speaker and a Nest thermostat

  32. Cynthia Martin

    June 20, 2021 at 4:15 pm

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  33. EddyGraphic

    June 20, 2021 at 4:34 pm

    This is only a big deal for people in the Apple HomeKit ecosystem, if you are in the Alexa or Google Assistant ecosystem then pretty much every smart device out there is compatible 😂

  34. Ramon Cruz

    June 20, 2021 at 9:34 pm

    This may be a dumb question but here it goes, when matter goes live will I have to upgrade to a new google nest cam and thermostat for it to be able to work with Apple HomeKit? I would love to just use one smart speaker, as of now I have an echo to control these devices and a HomePod for my everyday Apple uses like mail, calling, text and music.

  35. Donny T

    June 20, 2021 at 10:28 pm

    Cool. Is Tesla on board?????

  36. larry fulkerson

    June 21, 2021 at 2:29 am

    I can’t be impressed with high tech until I can download a waffle.

  37. Roman Chyshkevych

    June 21, 2021 at 4:09 am

    This would make Apple Homepod actually relevant in the smart home space considering how limited it is compared to Google and Alexa. I hope in the future this also means that our cars and homes can be more connected as we use Carplay and Android Auto. But also considering that cars are getting integrated Alexa and Android Automotive, can’t I hope it means turning on our cars through our smart speakers

  38. RealLifeTech

    June 21, 2021 at 5:53 am

    Most smart smart home tech already can be used with both Alexa and Google Assistant so I couldn’t care less. and if a product doesn’t support the one I need the company doesn’t get my money because they obviously don’t seem to want it 🤷‍♂️

  39. jace888

    June 21, 2021 at 12:22 pm

    Can you imagine if Amazon, Google and Apple did combined forces? Poor Facebook 🤣

  40. Jovencio Almeida

    June 21, 2021 at 12:53 pm

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  41. hamskyxxx

    June 22, 2021 at 3:16 am

    This changes everything for smart homes! Glad I’m getting on board at the right time.

  42. Jesse McElroy

    June 22, 2021 at 5:35 am

    And someday we’ll have to ask our home computer for permission to leave the house and for how long. HaHa just kidding.

  43. brianberes

    June 22, 2021 at 10:34 am

    About time!

  44. Willber Willberforce

    June 23, 2021 at 12:19 pm

    Why the surprrse about IKEA? They make smart items plugs, lights, bulbs…

  45. Jeffrey Allen

    June 23, 2021 at 4:18 pm

    Great now all devices (iPhone included) should use USB C.

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