Matter 1.6 introduces a new way to share smart home devices with different ecosystems. | Image: CSA Matter, the smart home interoperability standard, might finally get a feature that should have been there from day one: a single shared Matter network managed by multiple ecosystems. With this feature, called Joint Fabric, smart devices added to the network will be controllable by any authorized platform - Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and the rest. No need to "share" your smart light between apps; set it up once, and control it everywhere. It's like your smart home is a joint bank account and your platforms of choice all have signing authority. Joint Fabric is part of the new Matter 1.6 spec announced this week at Unify, the Con … Read the full story at The Verge.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/950679/matter-1-6-spec-smart-home-joint-fabric-apple-amazon-google
