The 8-1 Qi2 charger announced by Anker during CES 2024. | Image: Nathan Edwards / The Verge Last year‚ you couldn’t mention CES without bringing up Matter. It was a pivotal year for the smart home standard‚ as big names like Samsung‚ GE‚ and Amazon promised better interoperability between their devices and a world of sensors‚ appliances‚ and accessories. But that promise largely started and ended with smart home tech. This year‚ things were a little different at CES: the idea of making products work nicely across ecosystems bled into other areas of the showcase and rippled across a range of different devices — even putting rivals on the same page to better serve users. Google‚ for instance‚ revealed several updates to Android that show a clear push toward interoperability. One of Google’s biggest updates was to Nearby Share‚... Continue reading…