Amazon updates its Echos to make them compatible with Matter

We’ve been talking to you for a few months about Matter, the new universal connection protocol that is revolutionizing home automation. No more searching for bulbs, plugs or any other smart gadget compatible with HomeKit, Alexa or Google Home, Matter is here to make all devices compatible with each other. Manufacturers must integrate this new protocol and now Amazon just updated its Echo speakers to make them compatible with Matter

. Keep reading as we tell you the details of this new integration.

Also remember that iOS 16 has also become compatible with Matter, so that very soon we will be able to control all the smart devices in our home through any of our devices. Also, what is interesting is that Matter allows local connection so that we can forget about clouds or connection hubs. as you are told, Amazon has updated 17 of its Echo devices:

• Echo Dot (5th Gen)
• Echo Dot with Clock (5th Gen)
• Echo Dot (4th Gen)
• Echo Dot with Clock (4th Gen)
• Echo Dot (3rd Gen, 2018)
• Echo Dot with Clock (3rd Gen, 2018)
• Echo (4th Generation)
• Echo Studio
• Echo (v3)
• Echo input
• Echo Flex
• Echo Show 8 (2nd Gen, 2021)
• echo show 8
• Echo Show 10 (3rd Gen)
• Echo Show 5 (2nd Gen, 2021)
• echo show 5
• Echo Show 15

And they already warn that soon we will have more speakers compatible with Matter… Of course, for now th is integration is only compatible with android

but soon they will be (early 2023) also compatible with the Thread protocol and with iOS we will soon be able to take advantage of this universal integration with our Apple devices. Great news that will undoubtedly benefit all of us and that demonstrates the interest of companies in avoiding wars and combining technology for the benefit of users, and of course them… We will give you more details as soon as the Echo Matter is compatible with iOS.