WiZ’s inexpensive smart lights now work with Apple Home thanks to Matter
by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from The Verge - All Posts on (#6B50V)
WiZ's inexpensive smart lighting line now works with Apple Home through Matter. | Image: Signify Smart lighting company WiZ has updated all its smart bulbs, lamps, and plugs manufactured in early 2021 or later to Matter, beating its sister brand Philips Hue to the punch. The company's new app, WiZ v2, now lets users migrate any compatible product to the new smart home standard directly in the app and, from there, add them to any Matter-compatible platform, including Apple Home.
Previously, the WiZ smart lighting line was only compatible with Apple's smart home platform through Siri Shortcuts. Now, with Matter, many of its products can be added to the Apple Home app and controlled along with any other product supported by Apple Home. Signify, which owns both brands, has said Philips Hue will also be Matter compatible, but that u...