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 Hardware Requirements.
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.
Follow Single Controller Setup and Execution to operate with single controller
Follow Multiple Controller Setup and Execution to interoperate with multiple controllers