The future is…hubs?

[JDRoberts]

And….just this morning, Matter Edge Drivers have been revealed:

Matter - smart home connectivity standard (formerly Project CHIP)

FYI, SmartThings just released their Matter Edge drivers on their github. So we have a better picture now of which Matter devices SmartThings will support. Locks, media players (sound and/or video), sensors (contact, humidity, illuminance, motion, temperature), lights (binary, level, temperature, color) thermostats, and window covering. Connected to SmartThings via Android, Thread and Wifi. It looks like they have some kind of flag in the background to actually enable them to be added, though.

They aren’t live yet, though. From the approval post:

Note: Tests will succeed after we release the next library version, and these drivers will remain non functional until Matter is enabled across the platform.