Amazon has received Matter certification for its new casting video player intended for use on Fire OS devices, like Fire TVs, as spotted by Dan Wroclawski behind the @Does_IOT_Matter Twitter account. This is the first step for adding support for Matter’s casting protocol to Fire TV devices. If the protocol receives widespread adoption, as many hope, it could be the first truly universal casting protocol that works across iOS, Android, and Fire OS devices. Read more ›
Matter, the new smart home standard that is supposed to usher in a new era of simplicity and interoperability across all forms of smart home devices has officially launched this week. It’ll probably be months before support for Matter reaches all the different device types included in the standard, such as Fire TVs and streaming devices, but Amazon has announced the first 17 Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Show models to receive support for Matter. Here’s the full list as well as details on which aspects of Matter will initially be functional and which will not. Read more ›
Matter is a new connectivity standard, with support from Amazon, Apple, Google, and others, to make smart home interoperability possible across devices from different manufacturers. One aspect of Matter is a TV and streaming standard that has the potential to replace proprietary casting protocols, like Apple’s AirPlay and Google’s Cast, so that any streaming device can receive playback instructions from any other device, regardless of who makes it. Amazon, without a popular casting standard of its own, has the most to gain from the widespread adoption of Matter’s TV capabilities and is leading the effort behind the new standard. Read more ›
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