The Matter smart home standard continues to grow, and in a massive win for iPhone and Apple Home users, you can now set up Amazon's Alexa devices in iOS. That means you can use Echo, Echo Plus, and Echo Dot devices as so-called 'Thread Border Routers'. In the words of the Amazon press release, this means that users can now "expand their smart homes with Matter-enabled Thread devices in addition to WiFi, Zigbee, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Mesh, and Matter-enabled WiFi devices."
At the same time, Eve, the maker of some of the best HomeKit devices, has announced a partnership with Amazon to make its devices matter-compatible, giving Echo and Alexa users more devices to choose from.
