E&L | Matter > Matter Explained | Matter over Wifi & Matter over Thread

What is Matter?

The New Standard for Smarter Homes, Matter is a universal language for your devices and it is made to simplify your smart home and enable even more intelligence and automation.

With Matter, all your products will connect effortlessly for a smooth experience eliminating the worry around device compatibility.

TL;DR: Basically, Matter is an agreement between all your favorite smart home platforms to play nice and finally work together with ALL smart home devices, regardless of the brand (as long as they’re Matter certified, which they all eventually will be).

🎥We are so excited about Matter, we even made a dedicated video about it! Watch it here.

Matter-Enabled Nanoleaf Products

The majority of our products are Matter-enabled, utilizing Matter over Thread or Wifi to seamlessly adapt to your smart home ecosystem.

Matter Over Thread

What is needed:

• Matter compatible smart home hub* (also known as a Matter Controller)
• Thread border router
• Latest software/firmware on your devices

Matter Over Wifi

What is needed:

• Matter compatible smart home hub (also known as a Matter Controller)
• Latest software/firmware on your devices

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* Some Matter controllers also serve as Thread border routers, which are necessary if you plan to use Thread-enabled devices.