Every smart home device that works with Matter

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All the Matter-compatible devices you can buy, plus the latest on the Apple, Amazon, Google, and Samsung-backed smart home standard.

Two years after its launch, Matter — the smart home standard developed by Apple, Google, Amazon, and Samsung — is finally gaining traction.

Matter is a common language for your smart home designed to simplify buying, setting up, and using connected gadgets. With Matter, you shouldn’t need to worry if this smart lock will work with your phone or that light bulb with your smart speaker. If it works with Matter, it should work with any Matter-enabled smart home platform or device.

In this article, you’ll find a list of all the Matter-compatible products you can buy now, along with details on how they will work in your smart home. We also have information on the smart home platforms that support Matter and what you need to get started with them. We’ll keep this updated as new information comes out.

What is Matter?

If you’re unfamiliar with what Matter is, check out my deep dive: “Matter’s plan to save the smart home.” Here’s a quick summary:

Matter is a new standard founded by major players in the smart home industry, including Amazon, Apple, Google, and Samsung. It’s being developed and supported by those companies, along with hundreds more. An open connectivity protocol that enables easier, more secure, and more reliable communications between IOT devices, Matter allows manufacturers to build to one standard but still work within any ecosystem.

In other words, if a smart gadget works with Matter, it can be used with any Matter-compatible platform, including Amazon Alexa, Apple Home, or Google Home. It can also be connected to more than one platform and be controlled simultaneously within them, using iOS or Android devices or your voice assistant of choice. So if you have an iPhone and your roommate has a Google Pixel, both of you can control your smart lights.

Matter works locally over Ethernet and two wireless protocols — Wi-Fi and Thread (a low-power, low-bandwidth mesh networking protocol specifically designed for smart home devices). It doesn’t require a cloud connection, so should make turning your smart lights on as fast as flipping a light switch (just more convenient). Matter also has security built into the standard, so you can feel more confident about buying connected devices.

For more details on how Matter will work with each smart home platform, what you will need to get started with Matter, and how Matter works, read my explainer, “What Matters about Matter.”

The current state of Matter

Following the most recent spec release in May 2024, Matter now supports most device types you might want to use in your smart home (with a few notable exceptions). Energy management — a compelling reason to connect your devices if you want to reduce energy use and save money — is also now part of the standard. It may be a while until we see widespread implementation, but it’s an important step for Matter.

However, just because you built it doesn’t mean they’ll come. Matter provides the building blocks for a smarter home, but as of August 2024, only a handful of manufacturers have added support for the standard to their devices. Additionally, while all the major platforms support some device types, none support them all.

Matter still doesn’t support cameras or home security systems, and while energy management will be a great addition when it’s implemented, water heaters and heat pumps — important in controlling energy use — aren’t part of the standard yet.

Feature support for some device types in Matter is still bare-bones: you can’t add a PIN to door locks connected via Matter, nor does Matter support smart lighting features like dynamic light scenes or adaptive lighting. Thread border routers are still causing headaches in some smart homes, and Matter’s much touted Multi-Admin feature — which should let you control your gadgets in any platform you want — is still spotty.

All of this means Matter isn’t ready to be the main way to connect all your devices in your smart home, and it has a long way to go before it’s ready for the mainstream. But if you’re eager to get started and see some of the promised benefits in your own smart home — local control, improved device security, and being able to control your gadgets with any smart home platform you like — then read on for everything you need to know about what works with Matter today.

Device types supported by Matter

As of August 2024, the Matter spec supports the following device types:

Implemented

These device types are in the Matter spec and are currently supported by some or all Matter-compatible platforms.

  • Air purifiers
  • Air quality sensors
  • Blinds and shades
  • Bridges (for bridging other protocols, such as Zigbee)
  • Door locks
  • Fans
  • Light bulbs and light switches (including smart buttons)
  • Plugs and outlets
  • Robot vacuums
  • Room air conditioners (i.e., window units)
  • Safety and security sensors (motion, contact)
  • Televisions and media devices
  • Thermostats and other HVAC controllers

Announced

These device types have been added to the Matter spec but are not currently supported by any platforms and / or there are no available products to buy in these categories.

  • Refrigerators / Freezers
  • Washing machines
  • Water management devices — leak and frost detectors, rain sensors, controllable valves
  • Smoke and CO alarms
  • Microwave ovens
  • Dryers
  • Dishwashers
  • Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment

Matter supports basic functions for most device types, which means that whether you use a gadget in Apple Home or Amazon Alexa, you’ll have the same controls. Smart home platforms can add features on top of Matter, plus you may need to use the manufacturer’s app for features not supported by Matter — such as setting dynamic lighting scenes for smart lights, mapping for robot vacuums, and PINs for smart locks.

The Connectivity Standards Alliance says support for security cameras, garage door controllers, ambient motion and presence sensors, Wi-Fi routers, and access points are all on its roadmap. It is also working on more features for existing device types.

A white Matter hub on a wall, under a Matter logo with a finger pointing to it. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
The Matter logo is starting to appear on products.

Smart home devices that work with Matter

Matter-compatible products can be identified by a Matter logo on the packaging and a Matter QR code on the device itself. The exception is existing devices that have been updated to Matter with over-the-air firmware updates and devices that can be added to Matter through a proprietary hub or bridge (such as Philips Hue lights).

To use Matter devices, you will need a Matter controller and a smart home platform that supports Matter. We’ve got details on controllers at the end of this article, and you can read about the platforms that support Matter here.

Now, let's get into the gadgety good stuff. Here are all the products that currently support Matter.

A grey smart lock on a green door that is half open. Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
The Aqara U100 is one of only three smart locks that supports Matter currently.

Smart door locks

All the major platforms support smart door locks through Matter, but only a handful of locks currently work with the standard. This is because most smart locks use Wi-Fi, and the Matter spec does not support battery-powered devices that connect over Wi-Fi.

I’ve written more about the supported Matter locks here, but the biggest thing to know is that if you use a lock through Matter, the only guaranteed support is the ability to lock and unlock it. Features such as adding PINs depend on what the platform you are using supports. Apple Home and SmartThings support PINs through Matter, but Google and Amazon Alexa don’t.

Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
The Nest Thermostat is one of the few thermostats compatible with Matter.

Smart thermostats and heating / cooling / air purifying equipment

It’s not clear why there aren’t more thermostats that support Matter today; the new Nest Thermostat is the only one that works with the common HVAC units in the US market. The Matter spec supports most functions you might need to control such a device, so if you want a Matter thermostat, that’s the one to go for right now. However, there are rumors that a new Nest Learning Thermostat with Matter support will be launching soon.

Ecobee told me it is committed to Matter but hasn’t shared a timeline on when its thermostats will support the standard. However, when they do, the company said it should be via an over-the-air update, so hold off on swapping out your Ecobee if you’re getting antsy.

Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
The Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra is one of the first robot vacuums to be Matter-certified.

Robot vacuums

For robot vacuums, the Matter spec supports functions including remote start and progress notifications, switching cleaning modes (i.e., from dry vacuum to wet mopping), and status details such as brush and charging status and error reporting.

Matter does not support room mapping, so you will still need to use the manufacturer’s app for that. However, based on Apple’s plans to implement robo-vac support in Matter, it appears you can control room-specific cleaning through Matter.

Samsung SmartThings is the first platform to add support for robot vacuums; it will be available this summer. Apple has said support will come later this year, but as of August, neither Amazon Alexa nor Google Home support robot vacuum control through Matter.

These robot vacuums are Matter-compatible according to their manufacturers:

Read more about Matter support for robot vacuums in my buying guide.

Home appliances

Fridges, dishwashers, washers, dryers, and ovens are all supported Matter device types, but so far, you can’t buy any appliances with Matter support.

Manufacturers Whirlpool (which owns KitchenAid and Maytag), Midea,

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