1、Fundamentals of Matter and Smart Home EcosystemsBy:Craig Babcock,Senior Business Development Engineer,Silicon Labs of Matter and Smart Home Ecosystems for Decision Makers and Product Managers Why do smart home ecosystems exist?Whats wrong with todays siloed smart home industry?Why should device make

2、rs make an investment in Matter?How will Matter change things for consumers and device makers?Understanding the present state of IoT interoperability is crucial for succeeding in the open,Matter-enabled market in the future.In this whitepaper,we explore why a unified IoT ecosystem is important not j

3、ust from the perspective of consumers,but also design decision makers and product Smart Home Ecosystems?To answer this question,you must consider it from the perspectives of all the key ecosystem stakeholders,including users and providers of ecosystems,as well as smart home device makers.Everyone in

4、volved must benefit from the ecosystem,otherwise it wont be sustained and give rise to a flourishing ecosystem of smart home applications,services,and products which is the ultimate vision behind Matter.So,why do smart home ecosystem providers develop and grow their ecosystems?Why do consumers prefe

5、r to buy products which belong to an ecosystem?Why do IoT device makers develop and build products that function as a part of one or several ecosystems?The following sections explain the main ecosystem benefits from every stakeholders Benefits of Smart Home EcosystemsUsers Love the Convenience of Sm

6、art Home Ecosystems The leading smart home ecosystem brands such as Amazon,Apple,Samsung SmartThings,and Google have been rolling out their services globally for decades.Millions of people all around the world are familiar with their user experiences and interfaces(UX/UI).The sheer convenience of kn