In our final Vergecast Spec-tacular of the year, Dieter Bohn dives into Matter, the new tech standard that smart home gadgets will use to communicate with each other, making compatibility between gadgets significantly easier.

Guests include:

Verge smart home reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Michelle Mindala-Freeman, Head of Marketing for the Connectivity Standards Alliance.
Tim Both, brand manager and product manager for Eve
Samantha Fein, VP of Marketing and Business Development at Samsung SmartThings

Further reading:

Matter's plan to save the smart home
What matters about Matter, the new smart home standard
Matter could bring universal casting that actual works
Smart home company Eve plans to use Matter to move beyond Apple’s HomeKit
Amazon confirms its support for Matter
Google shares its commitment to Matter, promises future interoperability between smart home platforms
Samsung promises Matter support for SmartThings hubs, Galaxy devices, TVs, and fridges

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