It’s the season to find some serious deals on smart home gear. Black Friday and its close cousin Cyber Monday have long been prime times to strike a deal on smart lighting, smart locks, robot vacuums, security cameras and smart speakers. , to name a few.
With the new Matter smart home standard on the horizon (yes, it’s technically here, but there are still very few devices you can actually buy), it’s worth being a little discerning in your purchases good deals if you plan to take advantage of the new interoperability protocol. (Which means if you want all your devices to work with all the different smart home platforms out of the box). So we’ve highlighted deals on gadgets that will work with Matter or, alternatively, gadgets that work with all major platforms.
Some categories of devices are not yet on the Matter train, including cameras and robot vacuums. We’re not going to tell you to wait – if you need them, now’s definitely the time to buy them, because there are some great bargains to be had.
Matter is a new smart home standard that will make it easier for your gadgets to work with each other and with whatever platform you want to control them with – from Amazon Alexa and Google Home to Apple Home and Samsung SmartThings.
Matter devices will need a Matter controller, and those using Thread – a protocol Matter runs on – will need a Thread edge router. Black Friday is the perfect time to pick up one of the many gadgets that will have this feature built-in for a bargain.