Overview of Matter Ecosystem#

  • The Silicon Labs Matter platform supports the most recent versions of the Matter protocol and works with several commercial Matter ecosystems.

  • Matter allows multiple ecosystems to work together and control a single, shared Device.

  • Silicon Labs Matter devices can be controlled by various Matter enabled Ecosystems.

Prerequisites#

Ecosystems#

"Off the shelf" devices which are compatible with the official implementation of Matter in at least one commercial ecosystem:

Smartphone to Control the Ecosystem#

  • Android smart phone installed with respective Ecosystem mobile apps Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Samsung Smart Things.

  • Apple iPhone installed with mobile app Apple Home.

Silicon Labs Development Boards#

For detailed information about Silicon Labs Development Boards, refer to the Hardware Requirements Page.

Setting up Matter with an Ecosystem and Running a Matter Application#

A Matter device can be controlled by single Ecosystem controller and is also interoperable with multiple controllers.