Big Ass Fans, Loxone, Allegion Latest Members to join Matter Standard Group
Prominent smart home integrator Loxone, Big Ass Fans, Schlage among latest companies to join the Matter smart home standard.
The Matter standard continues to attract support across multiple hardware vendors. Today the CSA group announced the following additions to the Matter group:
Promoters
Allegion - Allegion makes security products for homes and businesses. Among their 31 global brands, they own Schlage, Stanley, Kryptonite & others. The company employs around 12,000 people, sells its products in more than 130 countries across the world.
Wulian Group - Wulian is a manufacturer and supplier for Smart Home products. The company was founded in 2009 and their current product lineup includes energy-efficient lighting, home appliances management, environmental detection, and more. In 2015, Wulian joined the ZigBee Alliance.
Adopters
Loxone - This is a smart home integrator in both Europe and the USA. They specialize in lighting, heating, ventilation, security, multimedia, and much more. Their home automation system utilizes intelligent sensors, actuators, and a central control unit to automate and manage your devices.
Big Ass Fans - This very uniquely named fan maker claims to be "the world's biggest manufacturer of HVLS fans." They also claim on their website that over 80% of Fortune 500 companies use their products. Now they're venturing into the smart home space (hopefully under another name!)
GigaDevice - This 18 year old IoT chipmaker is based in Beijing, China. But they have offices in all parts of the world, including the US and Europe.
Aixlink - is another IoT chipmaker based in Sinchuan, China.
Participants:
U-tec - This company specializes in smart locks, with their devices compatible with all major smart home systems. Now they're adding Matter to the list. They produce things like handles, deadbolts, fingerprint-operated locks, and much more.
Primax - is a smart home integrator based in Taiwan. Some of the devices they produce include smart security cameras, smart sensors and trackers, smart doorbells, smart speakers, and much more.
fibocom - specializes in making 5G wireless devices for IoT. Since smart home devices need to be fast in order to be effective, having a 5G wireless device manufacturer in the Matter team will be invaluable.
The most interesting of these is Loxone, who is a leading smart-home integrator who installs smart home appliances across the globe.
Allegion, which owns Schlage locks, Stanley doors, Kryptonite and other brands in the lock ecosystem, is a notable addition to this group as well.