Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Matter 1.0 was officially launched back in October and now firmware updates are arriving this month. But before you jump into the Matter hype train, I just wanted to outline my experience of testing several matter devices over the last month and research on what it means for Apple Home and HomeKit users.

In this video I am going to take you through the take you through 7 things that will help you understand what Matter 1.0 means for HomeKit. We will cover what you need to get started, the differences between connectivity protocols, how to set up a device and categories supported. Along with this I am going to take you through the impacts Matter could have on features only found in HomeKit, performance and my privacy.

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