What the Matter Standard means for security, connectivity, and the smart home.
The smart home continues to evolve in available functions and complexity as several different connectivity protocols from numerous suppliers target a variety of products for use in smart homes. However, many consumers – 71% according to incontrol – acknowledge fear of their personal information being stolen while using smart home products.
At the same time, ease of use for user-installed products has often been elusive.
Working collectively, many leading suppliers and potential suppliers have taken the next step to provide improved interoperability to smart home products using the internet protocol (IP).
Called Matter standard, the key to the success of these efforts is security.
This whitepaper addresses the need for universal smart home standards with integral security, explains how Matter addresses both and identifies Infineon’s role in making both connectivity and security for smart homes a reality.
