Today, Aqara, shared its plan for the Apple-backed smart home protocol (Matter). Aqara has worked with the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) and Apple, Google, and Samsung on early testing programs to ensure a smooth transition toward deploying Matter. Aqara users will first gain access to Matter in December 2022 via the through an over-the-air firmware update, which will allow existing Aqara Zigbee devices to become compatible with Matter.
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