Matter is an industry-led application layer standard that drives convergence across today's many different fragmented IoT Ecosystems. By complying with Matter standard , developers build devices that can connect reliably and securely to many major IoT ecosystems. Built by major brands through a collaborative effort under the aegis of Connectivity Standards Alliance, Matter is an open-source, royalty free standard that leverages IP based communication over market-proven technologies like Wi-Fi and Thread.

    As a collaborative standard, major and minor stakeholders work together in CSA to bring new revisions and additions to the Matter specification, which is then released iteratively as an incremented version. Matter 1.3 is the latest version of the specification, and can be downloaded from CSA. Matter 1.3 has included nearly 50 device types that broadly cover Energy Utility, Lighting, Plugs, Actuators, Control Devices, Sensors, Closure Devices (door locks, window covers), HVAC, Media Players, Household Robotic devices, Electric Vehicle Chargers and Home Appliances. The list of supported devices can be consulted in the latest version of the specification.

   Matter has prioritized integrating key technological features that allow Matter products to be reliable, widely interoperable and secure. This helps in creating a common marketplace for smart home devices, and also makes the lives of end customers easy. The stakeholders in development of Matter standard include: on one hand the end customer; and on the other hand the whole device vendor ecosystem, which consequently includes companies specialized in wireless connectivity, IoT security, device certifications, etc.