Setting up your smart home could be a lot easier next time around, thanks to new Matter update
From mutli-device QR codes, to NFC support, Matter 1.4.1 is out to tackle setup headaches.
- Matter 1.4.1 implements a handful of new features to ease new-device setup.
- Multi-device QR code setup will let you add a whole box of smart home devices while only scanning a single QR code.
- NFC support adds flexibility to setup, especially where QR codes could be awkward.
Living in a properly configured smart home can be something out of a dream. Curtains part in expectation of the morning sun, foyer lights turn on as guests ring the doorbell, and agile little robots clean up everyone’s crumbs. We’ve got no shortage of devices ready to start making our lives easier in myriad ways, but there’s one big speedbump to clear before you’re able to enjoy these modern niceties: getting it all set up. Today we’re learning about a couple new developments that could make configuring your next smart home go over much more smoothly.
The early days of smart home connectivity represented a bit of a cobbled-together mess, but in recent years we’ve seen the adoption of standards like Threads and Matter to simplify how we network together and communicate with all this hardware. Today the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) announces Matter 1.4.1, the latest version of the standard with an emphasis on tools for easy setup.
