Home Assistant is now officially Matter certified

Advanced smart homes have been a topic of sci-fi movies for years. Kids who grew up in the 1990s will fondly remember Smart House, a classic Disney Channel Original Movie that dealt with a home with smart devices and its own artificial intelligence. Fast-forward to a quarter of a century later, and this idea has become a reality. Combine artificial intelligence products like Google Gemini with smart products like the Amazon Echo Show 5, and you’ve got yourself your own overbearing smart home. There’s a problem with setups that feature smart devices from multiple companies, though: they don’t always play nice with each other. Device interconnectivity matters, and that’s the point behind the Matter smart home standard. Many companies have bought in (sort of), but none more than one particular open-source project, and the latter has been rightfully rewarded for that.