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Matter will be better in 2025 — say the people who make it

In 2025, Matter plans to finally matter.

Most of the big names here — Apple, Google, Samsung, Amazon, LG, Comcast, along with silicon makers such as NXP and Qualcomm — are members of all three of the organizations working to make Matter a viable solution for the smart home. Tobin Richardson (CSA): The choice was 100 percent member-driven; those who founded Project CHIP[as it was called, founders include Apple, Google, Amazon, and Samsung SmartThings]. Something I’ve heard from a number of manufacturers and companies is that Matter-over-Thread works really well in Apple and Google ecosystems, but when you take it outside of those platforms, that’s when it starts to go wrong.

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