Homey just became one of the few smart home platforms certified for Matter 1.5
It's a big step for Homey
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Homey has become one of the few smart home platforms to achieve Matter 1.5 certification, bringing the latest Matter standard to Homey Pro, Homey Pro mini and Homey Self-Hosted Server.
Homey has received Matter 1.5 certification for the Homey Pro, Homey Pro mini and Homey Self-Hosted Server, making it one of the most advanced Matter-compatible smart home platforms available today.
The update means supported devices already connected to Homey can now be exposed to other major smart home platforms, including Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Samsung SmartThings and Home Assistant, through Homey's Matter Bridge app.
The certification is effective immediately, so Homey users can start taking advantage of the latest Matter 1.5 capabilities from today.
Matter 1.5 arrived last November as one of the more significant updates to the smart home standard in recent years. The new version introduced support for several long-requested device types, whilst also giving manufacturers more tools to build and certify new Matter-compatible products.
Homey's certification now puts it among a relatively small number of smart home systems running on the latest version of the standard. For comparison, Amazon Alexa currently supports Matter 1.0, whilst Apple and Google are on Matter 1.4 and Home Assistant is on Matter 1.3.
