You shouldn\u2019t be concerned about the delay of Matter, the new smart home interoperability standard, because we\u2019re not. That\u2019s the message from smart home device makers Eve Systems and Nanoleaf, who have been involved with developing the protocol that promises smart home nirvana since its earliest days. \u201cI think the three-month delay might actually be a good thing,\u201d says Gimmy Chu CEO of Nanoleaf. \u201cI feel that now there\u2019s more certainty across the industry that we\u2019ll have unity at time of launch.\u201d <\/p>\n

While there may be more certainty in the industry, current smart home owners are still in a quagmire of uncertainty around which products to buy and when. Especially now that Chu has confirmed to The Verge<\/em> that Nanoleaf\u2019s Thread-enabled A19 smart light bulb and light strip won\u2019t work with the standard. \u201c[They] will require a different chip,\u201d says Chu. \u201cWe hope to launch a new Essentials A19 and a new light strip when Matter arrives this year.\u201d This is a blow to owners who bought the products thinking that being Thread-enabled meant they would be upgradable to Matter. The devices will continue to work with HomeKit over Thread, however, and with other platforms either over Bluetooth or over Thread using a cloud-to-cloud integration, says Chu. <\/p>\n