Android and iOS make significant strides toward Matter smart home interoperability

Android and iOS make significant strides toward Matter smart home interoperability

On both the iPad and iPhone running the beta, a new options menu has surfaced under Settings > General. It mentions “Matter Accessories” and, when you touch it, sends you to a list of Matter accessories that have been added to “a linked service,” as discovered by Aaron Zollo.

Only, since the Matter standard has not yet been completed, there are no Matter-compatible accessories. However, this is a definite hint that developers and manufacturers are testing prerelease software ahead of Matter’s expected to release this autumn.