Amazon has a large scale case Updates by expanding support to more hardware and improving compatibility with smart home standards and Alexa.
A big part of the overall package is all the changes the company has made to the Echo line. Starting today, the second generation Echo, echo plus and echo dot Your speakers will be upgraded with Matter controllers that are suitable for your home network.
of Echo (4th generation) It now supports the Thread protocol, allowing you to control another category of gadgets in addition to gadgets over Wi-Fi. ZigBee and Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh.
To sum it all up, “over 100 million Echo devices across 20 models” support smart home standards. Posting on the Amazon Developer Blog (opens in new tab) Also to help newfound customers, the update also allows you to “set up Matter devices on iOS”.
The other half of the rollout involves smart home brand Eve Systems integrating its products with Amazon’s platform.
Eve system adopts the Matter standard
First, Eve Systems devices now support the Matter standard and the Thread protocol, contrary to the brand’s previous decision to work only with “certain smart home systems.” Additionally, Eve products sold on Amazon include: Compatible with Alexa (WWA) badges (opens in new tab) A slap on the product list. WWA-certified gadgets have been verified to work with Alexa and promise to “provide a great experience” with digital assistants.
The last update enabled the Eve system Frustration Free Setup (FFS) (opens in new tab) into that Matter lineup. For those of you who don’t know, FFS is Amazon’s attempt to simplify the “device setup experience.”
For example, a customer can ask a tech giant to enter their Wi-Fi credentials into their Fire TV at checkout. That way, when your Fire TV arrives at your house, it’s already set up and all you have to do is plug it in. As for the Eve system, the first batch to get this feature is Eve Energy Smart Plug , eve motion (opens in new tab) and the eve door and window (opens in new tab) Smart contact sensor.
The FFS upgrade will be released later this month, contrary to the rest of the updates. If so, these products work right out of the box the moment you turn them on.
Amazon says Eve Systems has plans to extend “FFS to all Matter-enabled devices,” seemingly hinting at another round, but didn’t reveal any further details. not. We reached out to Amazon for more information about upcoming releases. If we hear back from the company, we will update this article.
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