Matter 1.3 succeeds version 1.2. The standard now allows reporting on energy consumption. It supports water and energy management, electric vehicle chargers and new household appliances, including cooktops and ovens. Summary.
The pace of publication of new versions of Matter (open Source home automation standard) continues its six-monthly cycle. Version 1.3 has just been released. The development kit has been distributed since the beginning of the week to partner manufacturers as well as application publishers (including Amazon, Apple, Google and Samsung).
New Supports
With the release of version 1.3, Matter continues to expand its presence in the smart home and IoT ecosystem:
- Energy management : Matter 1.3 introduces new energy reporting capabilities (real-time measurement, forecasts, instantaneous power, voltage, current), as well as energy consumption or production.
- Charging electric vehicles : This allows manufacturers of electric vehicle charging equipment to control how and when they charge their vehicles. It allows you to manually start or stop charging, adjust the charging rate, or specify the number of kilometers of range to add before a given departure time.
- Water Management with support for leak and freeze detectors, rain sensors and controllable water valves.
- Scenes are now supported, which provides a standards-based method for setting, playing, and activating scenes on devices. scene nsition and improves responsiveness.
New compatible devices
New types of household appliances are also made compatible:
- Microwave ovens
- Ovens (built-in ovens, free-standing ovens, or ovens that are part of a range with an associated cooktop).
- Hotplates
- Extractor hoods (kitchen hoods, ventilation hoods)
- Clothes dryers
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