Owning an Apple Home: The broken promise of Matter‎

Matter has been a unifying standard for the smart home, but it hasn't saved users from the complexity it promised to fix. Here's where it falls short in some of our Apple Homes.Matter is supposed to be unifying, but manufacturers are resistant to letting users leave their appsThe smart home started life as a disjointed mess and new standards hoped to unify the different platforms. Today, everything feels a little too spread out even with better cross-platform compatibility.Don't get me wrong, owning a smart home has been much improved thanks to Matter. The Connectivity Standards Alliance has done great work. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums