I thought about it for a long time - whether there’s any particular brand or manufacturer that I personally miss and nothing came to mind. I pay more attention to the Matter logo. Just as an example: my Nuki lock has a Matter logo and SmartThings is proudly wearing the Matter 1.5 logo, but…
Before adding support for more device types, the platforms should first implement all features for the device types they already support. There’s little point in introducing categories like irrigation or cameras if only a subset of their functionality is actually supported.
Yes, many Matter features are marked as optional in the specification - but that applies to the devices themselves, not to the platforms.
Otherwise, we end up in the same situation we had with Zigbee: users and developers have to build their own Matter drivers or extend the stock drivers just to support features that should be a given. It can’t be that a platform simply waits for a device manufacturer like Nuki to show up with an application for the “Works With SmartThings” certification before, for example, a basic door state feature makes it into the Matter Lock driver.
Another example is the Matter Thermostat driver. With most heating systems, schedules are written directly to the device - yet that still isn’t possible. (Yes, I know…) Proper occupancy handling is missing as well. And I don’t need to explain how crucial Matter binding is for thermostats: without it, there’s no reliable way to pair external sensors (temperature, window open/close) with, for example, TRVs. People keep asking for this and end up cobbling together fragile routines as a workaround. Device manufacturers will only start implementing all these features in their Matter products once the platforms actually support them.
And we shouldn’t forget who created Matter: the major platforms - not the comparatively small device manufacturers. That’s why the platforms should lead the way.
One manufacturer did come to mind after all: Samsung. My home appliances and TV are slowly getting old, and they just need to last until models finally hit the market that support Matter out of the box. I’m not bringing anything else (like OCF) into my home anymore and that’s when the Matter Appliance Edge Driver will finally get its chance to shine.