As part of our effort to simplify setup and give customers more choice and flexibility, Samsung is partnering with Amazon to make it easy for customers to use SmartThings, Samsung’s connected life platform, or Alexa to set up Matter devices once and control them using both smart home systems .
The collaboration between Samsung and Amazon will allow users to easily take advantage of Matter’s multi-admin feature, as well as simplify onboarding while creating a unique Thread network at home. Users who opt in will be able to control their Matter devices with both SmartThings and Alexa without having to set up the devices on each smart home system. By sharing Thread network credentials, users will benefit from simplified setup for Thread-based devices and a more reliable experience through wider coverage on a single Thread network.
“SmartThings customers have long enjoyed using Alexa’s voice capabilities to give them more ways to control the home. We are excited to work with Amazon to simplify the smart home experience and provide more choices to our mutual customers about the types of devices and services they use in their homes.” said Jaeyeon Jung, Corporate Vice President and Head of SmartThings, Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics. “This collaboration ultimately provides further interoperability and will help realize Matter’s full potential.”
This collaboration is built on the upcoming Alexa APIs that enable two-way simple multi-admin setup and sharing of Thread credentials for Matter devices. These cloud-based APIs are designed to make complex technology disappear into the background, allowing users to effortlessly add Matter devices to their desired services, delivering on Matter’s promise to simplify the smart home experience for our users.
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