Matter is not a reality and it seems that there is still a long time to be done. The system that aims to unify home automation has suffered another delay and now its launch date is extended until 2022.
In May of this year Google, Apple and Amazon announced to the world that they were joining forces to create a standard that was capable of unifying home automation. The news was well received by enthusiasts for smart and connected gadgets.
The promises on the table were many and one of them was that by the end of this year we would know the first products compatible with this new standard. This promise seems not to be fulfilled.
Matter would not see the light until 2022, the date is not specified so it can be both in the first months of the year and almost at the end. The news of this delay would come from the hand of the CEO of the company.
In the post he has made on the company blog, he talks about why Matter is not yet ready to be released to the world. What he comments is that the development group has yet to finish several aspects of this new standard..
One of the aspects to be completed is the SDK or software development kit, this serves as a suite of software development tools. In addition, there is the whole issue of standards in old and new products.
That is why developers are still struggling to create the certification program for new and old products., thus opening the possibility of using light bulbs, switches and other elements with this new standard.
Hopes are high on Matter and it seems that at the moment the most enthusiastic users only win in disappointments. We will have to wait for the CEO to make another statement in which he gives a fixed launch date, although if everything continues as before, it may be Matter it lacks more time than we thought.