Matter begins to move and with it the interest of many users is awakening to see what it will finally be able to offer. Because this new standard aims to put an end to the chaos that is currently home automation. So to continue animating the party, companies are giving details about how they will support their future and current products. One of them has been Google, who gave the first details of how Matter will work with Nest devices and Android-based terminals.
Google and Matter, how they will work together
When Matter was announced in 2019 we learned that Google was one of the main partners that would help drive this solution. A standard that promises to end the current chaos that is the connected home. Now, with the commercial name already confirmed and all these first details about its advantages, it is the search engine company that commented on how it will work together with its products and solutions for home automation.
As Signify will do with Philips Hue products, Google’s home automation products will support Matter through a software update . That means that some such as smart speakers, phones or even smart TVs will allow you to control any Matter-compatible device through Google Assistant.
This is very interesting because any device that adds support for Matter can be included in the installation based on Google Assistant. In the same way, these products can also be added to others that were previously used by other platforms and assistants such as Siri or Alexa.
The second thing is that the new Nest WiFi, Nest Hub Max and Nest Hub that have Thread support can be used as a hub for Matter-compatible devices. That is, they will act as concentrates and that will facilitate the configuration and joint use of all of them through the company’s assistant and the application itself that you can install on mobile phones or tablets.
Nest thermostat compatible with HomeKit and Alexa
So far everything great and more or less within expectations. Google launches updates for its current products, support for Matter is added and Google Assistant in turn benefits from the arrival of more products that will be compatible.
However, there is one more detail that is sure to interest Apple and HomeKit users (also those who use Alexa): the latest Nest thermostat released by Google will be updated to support Matter. That means that from that moment on it can be used together with the Google assistant, worse also with Siri and Alexa , something that until now was not possible and was a nuisance for many.
Of course, the negative part is that for now it only affects the basic model, the new and more recent Nest Learning has not been mentioned. Presumably, it will also offer compatibility, but for the moment we will have to wait as well as we will have to be patient for the launch of these software updates of which it has only been said that they will arrive, but not when.
The good thing is that Google has a page that will be updated so that you can be aware of all the devices that are compatible with Google Assistant.
