From f065e1e5feb8178da30353f5c868b0084769f3fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Royal <45159366+mikeroyal@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:28:44 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Added Matter open standard to Smart Home section.

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 Most **smart devices** have their own [Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLAN) with little to no internet access with broadcasts forwarding to LAN [Subnet aka Subnetwork](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/what-is-a-subnet/) for discovery. Using software such as **Home Assistant, HomeKit, ESPHome, etc.** help simplify the process of controlling and automating all your smart devices.
 
+[Matter](https://buildwithmatter.com/) is an open standard for smart home technology that lets your device work with any Matter-certified ecosystem using a single protocol. Matter comes from the [Connectivity Standards Alliance](https://csa-iot.org/), an organization of hundreds of companies(Amazon, Apple, Google, Comcast, Zigbee Alliance, and Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) creating products for the smart home.
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 **Proprietary Smart Devices**
 
  * [Amazon Alexa](https://alexa.amazon.com/) is a smart virtual assistant software to manage Alexa-enabled devices, control music playback, view shopping lists on the go, keep track of upcoming reminders, check on active timers and much more.