Apple supporting Matter with iOS 15!

[pebneter]

Apple made a big (and to me surprising) announcement regarding Matter in the Keynote for WWDC 2011: With iOS 15, HomeKit will seamlessly work with Matter devices!

Here is what the website currently says

HomeKit - Apple Developer

My interpretation or prediction is that this split the smart home device industry into two segments:

• Products of group A are commodities like simple bulbs, smart sockets, ceiling fans etc with little potential for differentiation: Those will never see an app of the manufacturer. Users will only use the Apple Home App
• Products of group B add value through an app or cloud services (optimisation algorithms, special functionality not supported by HomeKit): Those will be still be shipped with an app for the advanced features but are accessible to show status and simple actions through Apple HomeKit.

[Drivingforce]

Ill admit I am not a great fan of Apple, but this is very good to see

[DanT]

we stand together @Drivingforce

[pebneter]

There is a very informative video now on from WWDC: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2021/10298/

It explains how Matter devices are fit into the HomeKit framework and how apps can interact with Matter devices through the framework. Very exciting stuff!!