Apple, Google, Amazon working together? Smart home news

Smart home news - Apple, Google, Amazon working together? Right at the end of the year, smart home enthusiasts got an early Christmas present with a massive announcement from Apple, Google, and Amazon: they’re working together on a single smart home standard called the Project Connected Home over IP … or CHIP. But what is CHIP? And why is it such a big deal for the future of smart homes? And why should you even care?

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[granpappy]

I love all my smart home gear, but the possibility of them ALL interacting is very exciting. I hate the fact that I've got to go to my Google Home for somethings and my Alexa for others...

[vanrozay]

Smart move (and decisive, when made by several top players) to establish universal format (like MIDI and USB) that lets all devices "talk" to each other.

[jeremiahpowell]

This is awesome I’m so glad they are going to be working together!!

[DW-phxg]

Thank you Matt. Just subscribed and hit he bell. All the best.

[JohnnyLeuthard]

Chocolate and peanut butter combo!? LOL, I love that analogy!

[Sheyii]

Man i watch so many smart home channels and I definitely like yours the best. Great Video!

[LucianTeo]

Great video. Love the parallel comparison to web standards.

[likeke]

Sounds good. I recently installed a Starling hub to connect my Nest Protect smoke detectors to Homekit. Works great. I wished the integration of Abode with Homekit was as easy. I'd say it partially works. Hue hub and devices have been solid - very good products.

[michaelknight]

In 2020 the smart home industry should WOW us, not frustrate us. I hope you are correct and the industry gets it act together. I am an IT geek (profession) and I have been brought to tears trying to get some things to work. I am not exaggerating.

[morganflanary]

Loved your review about the new chip standard! I’m very excited and can’t wait to jump on the bandwagon!

[rogerpena]

Great observation about the potential negatives to another added standard in the mix. Also standards bog down the rate of innovations. The value to IoT to the consumer is in the innovations.

[kristopherwiseman]

I shared this with the guys in our technology division. Great take on what direction everything could take. Kudos Matt.

[ShaneCreates]

Well said Matt. Great video. This announcement definitely got me excited as well! This could be a great thing for the smart home market if it all pans out!

[brianswails]

Do you have a discount for Jeda products?

[BobBridgesbob]

Wow! Incredible video. Thanks so much for sharing this information. I'm excited to see how this shapes out! I have SmartThings, Philips Hue and connect them both to Google Home and Alexa. I am a huge fan however of HomeKit, but have never really been able to use it, except with Hue! I would LOVE to be able to use HomeKit with all of my devices connected to SmartThings! Lastly, I've been worried about Z-Wave vs Zigbee. About a year or so, I invested quite bit in the Z-Wave wall switches from GE to replace all of my light switches in the house. I have about 40 or so of them. I've been worried about the move to Zigbee and if all my Z-Wave switches would soon be obsolete! Can you give me some insight and your thoughts? Much appreciated and thanks again for such a great video! Subscribed!

[stevenshircliff]

Spot on as usual Matt. Keeping fingers crossed.

[davidcole]

That’s good news! As always, your video was very informative and well produced. As an early adopter, my home is full of HomeKit devices, Lutron shades, Schlage locks, HomePods and AppleTVs. Definite growing pains over the last two years as software gets updated. Here’s hoping the technology giants can come to a solution that simplifies the whole process. I’m fairly tech-friendly and can’t imagine “mere mortals” struggling to get it all working.

[gigas]

Sounds like Home Assistant. But this is GREAT news

[trevorcrowley]

Matt, can you do a few videos of the Boring machine project in Vegas. Not a lot of info on this venture. Thanks in advance

[EddieDiaz]

More surveillance in the house, great.