The Connectivity Standards Alliance just released Matter 1.4, which upgrades the integrated experience between several smart home accessories and hubs, such as Samsung's SmartThings and Apple's Home app. With this new standard, CSA enhanced the Matter ecosystem, allowing accessories and platforms to improve the multi-ecosystem user experience with Enhanced Multi-Admin, new Matter certifiable Home Routers, Access Points to help users save energy, and more. According to the organization, multi-admin is "central to Matter's vision of choice and interoperability, allowing users to connect Matter devices to multiple smart home systems." Currently, users can manage Matter devices through multiple platforms, but they need to be added one by one. Matter 1.4 expands multi-admin support. By consenting once, users will be able to connect existing and new devices to multiple ecosystems automatically. Alongside that, Matter 1.4 enhances network infrastructure with Home Routers and Acess Points (HRAP), as they can now be designed or upgraded to provide "more robust support for Matter-based smart homes." These changes can make it easier for users to add one wThread device to their existing Thread networks rather than creating new ones. The Alliance says it will publish more in-depth blog posts on how HRAP and Enhanced Multi-Admin functions work and how product makers can choose what best suits their applications. Finally, Matter's new standard expands its energy management capabilities by supporting new device types like solar panels, batteries, heat pumps, and water heaters. With that, users can understand how much energy each device in their home uses while still creating better routines and automation to help them save energy and decrease energy bills. When to expect companies to support Matter 1.4 Matter 1.4 will still take a while to arrive. If we take Apple as an example, Cupertino has yet to add support for version 1.2. Usually, companies take one to two cycles of products to update their connectivity features. Since CSA has been announcing new Matter updates twice a year, we might get Matter support 1.4 by the time the Alliance revamps the standard with version 2.0. Don't Miss: 4 new smart home products Apple is rumored to be developing The post Matter 1.4 could finally revolutionize smart home accessory management appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $150 off eufy Robot Vacuum Omni C20, $30 Fire TV Stick 4K Max, $99 Beats headphones, more Best Apple Watch deals for November 2024 Today’s deals: $699 M2 MacBook Air, $30 Philips OneBlade 360, $199 Bose TV soundbar, $399 Dyson V11, more Today’s deals: $56 for 2024’s easiest Halloween costume, $699 M2 MacBook Air, 20% off Dyson, more

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